Typical CON shaking everyone down to line his personal coffers. And, the chucklefucks who lap it up think they’re going to reap the rewards of “golden age”. JFC!

Trump seems to be looking for more extortion money.

This is what extortion sounds like.

Baby needs a bottle.

Wake up. Trump isn’t leaving office. He’s violating the law with impunity. Upheld by scotus and enabled by Congress. The constitution is not self enforcing. He’s sending armed troops to US cities. The coup is done, but nobody wants to acknowledge it.

No it's not done by a long shot! We're still breathing, so no it's not done. If you're not registered already please do so as soon as possible. Encourage your loved ones to do the same. It's not over. ⚖️💙🗳️🇺🇸

He wants to charge an air tariff. He's lost his mind. 🤪

"Crooked 'journalism' should not be rewarded, it should be terminated!!!" I think this might be the first time I agree with DJT. Let's start with FoxNews and all the other MAGA rags who are toxically tearing our nation to shreds to curry favor with our President.

Curiously, both are deemed to have a slight right wing bias compared to free world media outlets

Airwaves? Does he not have streaming, or at least cable?

Can anyone tell me where Trump's extortion money from Harvard, law offices, media entities, and others is going? Is it going into the US Treasury or orange grandpa's coffers? 🤔🤨

Orange Grandpa needs to go in a coffin.

I often ask the same questions 😡

I was watching Michael Popok on LegalAF but he didn't say where the money was going. I'll need to watch it again.

The punitive bits of law & regs only apply to his perceived enemies and not his friends. Notice that? And their degree of “fees” or penalties varies not by law but by how much he’s pissed off.

I agree, when will Fox News be terminated!!!!

He thinks he fucking owns everything in this once great country.

and...as always...he is lying about their coverage

And 12-year-olds.

This is why newspapers are important. First amendment specifically says "press." Find some way to subscribe to something, even if its a small town weekly.

Gee it's like settling those ridiculous lawsuits with him just encouraged him to up his extortion. Who could have seen that coming??

Oy….😔😶🫤😵‍💫🤬

They’ve tried sane-washing him, broadcasting his lies without fact checking and paying him off and still he attacks and threatens them what the hell will it take for them to wake up and realise it is past time for them to fight back if they want to have a network left and a country to broadcast to

Little piss-ant bitch dictators maybe.

Congress can always bring back the fairness doctrine.

So you think Trump is right and any station that says “mean” things about him should also have to say nice things?

Trump is never right, but his warped logic can be used to bring back the fairness doctrine. Which doesn't mean that anyone has to post anything nice about him, it means that Fox needs to show all sides.

Nope. The Fairness Doctrine constitutionally could not apply to cable channels and yes, Trump would absolutely use it to force broadcast stations to say nice things about him and what he is doing. You should google how it was abused by Kennedy.

No, it doesn't. The Doctrine would never apply to cable channels. The FCC has no authority to regulate cable channels as seen by many things but most especially by the fact that the Equal Time Rule, which requires "broadcast stations" to give equal air time to political candidates, is ...

You do realize that rural America (which is who desperately could benefit more from the doctrine) still depends heavily on AM radio, which is 100% under FCC jurisdiction.

So nothing mentioned in the OP?

Well my comment isn't directly to the OP's post. It was towards Trump. There's plenty of right wing media saying nice things about him. So bring back the fairness doctrine so both sides can be represented on all media. I was mostly saying it tongue in cheek, but a healthy discussion on it is fine.

bsky.app/profile/kale...

Except that it can't be applied to "all media." SCOTUS made that clear in Miami Herald v. Tornillo (an attempt to apply the rule in Red Lion to newspapers) and last year's Netchoice v. Moody that made clear that social media sites have a 1A right to display only viewpoints they wish.

Yes, I understand that very clearly. However, it could apply to regulated FCC airwaves such as AM radio. A very large portion of the US, mostly red states, still get their news from AM stations. The GOP invested in these stations and to this day aren't fans of rural areas getting high speed internet

And how many of those people are awake at 2 a.m. listening to their AM radio?

As I have demonstrated, the Doctrine did not work the way you think it did. Further, as I explained, it’s very likely that with the expansion of multiple avenues of viewpoints (especially podcasts) destroying the scarcity identified in 1969 by SCOTUS, the Doctrine would likely be held …

You seem to have a highly-inflated idea of what the FD required on "regulated FCC airwaves". It was pretty minimal. Do you really think some call-in show at 2am on Sunday mornings made any difference? That's the sort of thing that stations could do to be in compliance.

None of those AM stations plays Fox News, which is only on cable/interner/streaming.

Actually, some Fox News programming is available on OTA radio. I was shocked when I learned that.

I've never heard that. I know that Fox News personalities have radio shows; I've never heard of actual Fox News content being aired. 🤔

Yep. radio.foxnews.com/listen/

The stations that carry FNR or that air content from the programs would be in compliance regardless. (There’s far worse stuff on AM Radio than FN.)

Yep.

And? The Doctrine doesn't require that AM stations be unbiased nor does it require that the shows be programmed without bias. It's up to the discretion of the station as two when an opposing viewpoint be aired and for whatever amount of time they choose. They can air a television show ...

on Sunday mornings that provides the opposing views that were aired during the week. Or provide a call-in show at midnight each night when people can call-in to address what was aired earlier in the day. That's if SCOTUS would even allow the Doctrine today. In Red Lion, SCOTUS noted that ....

their rationale and decision could change if the scarcity issue was no longer an issue. With the exponential increase in avenues for viewpoints available to even rural America, through cable channels and the internet, the scarcity argument is arguably no longer viable. Indeed, courts in ....

the 1990's expressed as much when the "personal attack rule" which was not repealed in 1987 with the rest of the Doctrine was challenged in court. The FCC stopped enforcing that rule due to the court requirements to justify the rule. And that's huge because it was the personal attack rule ...

that was at issue in Red Lion v. FCC.

not applied to cable channels or any medium other than "broadcast stations" which, statutorily does not include cable channels. bsky.app/profile/bwke...

Further, when SCOTUS permitted the Fairness Doctrine as a 1A exception in Red Lion v. FCC, the Court made it clear that Doctrine was only permitted due to the "unique" issues faces by that medium which required gov't licensing. Were it not for those issues, the Doctrine would not have been allowed

bsky.app/profile/bwke...

Let’s say we do that. Who do you think would be responsible for enforcement?

Well it doesn't matter when there's a dictator in the whitehouse. What do you propose instead?

I’d propose we recognize the US is wildly divergent politically and culturally, and therefore our current free speech dumpster fire of a situation is the least bad option. Don’t give the state any type of censorship power.

So much this. Too many people think giving the government authority over the press would resolve the political divide. And I suppose they may be somewhat right - look at China, Russia, and North Korea just to name a few.

LOL You literally just suggested Congress bring it back.

😂😂😂😂...yes

So if Trump keeps ignoring Congress and doesn't enforce it, what, exactly, would bringing it back do?

I propose the only solution to the "Fox Problem" is the hard choice. You. You (hypothetical, writ large) have to stop not-engaging when Uncle MAGA says the Jewish Space Lasers are activating the 5G nanobots so the Soros Zombie Army mail-in-vote frauds. You say "Bullshit" every time. Every time.

Exactly. When my dad started watching Fox News I had conversations with him about what they said and how he taught me to question things that were printed in the paper or said on TV. He stopped watching. And when he was around others who watched, he had that conversation with them.

My stepfather was a socially liberal fiscally conservative type in the late 80s and early 90s and by Obama's administration he, a lifelong pacifist who was extremely leery of guns, had a pistol, a concealed carry permit, and his new wife did too all bc Fox convinced them Dems were comin' for guns.

And I'm being really kind and censorious of what Fox actually convinced them of. Maybe read between the white piano keys to see what who was "coming for your guns."

Fox also isn’t the problem. The real issue is the conspiracy-loving fake patriot audience. They exist irrespective of whether Fox News does, and they vote. They need to be offered, persuaded, or convinced to think different. Not all of them, obviously, but enough.

Rt wing media (aka Fox) was a huge part of the Tea Party. There tactic was to take hold of AM broadcasting because the knew they had a captive audience that would listen to Rush Limbaugh all day long without any alternate viewpoints. Those areas still depend on these AM stations for information.

You know how Limbaugh had a call in portion of his show? That fully met the requirements of the Fairness Doctrine. Even if every viewpoint agreed with him, they were still providing airtime for diverse viewpoints. And it met the requirements for the *station* - not just his program.

Also, who the fuck had their minds changed by Limbaugh anyway? His callers would open up with “megadittos” and tell him how they agreed with him 100% on everything. Does anyone think if a Proud Boy hears Maddow they become ANTIFA?

There were knobs on the radio. Nobody was captive, and more importantly if there was content that would have sold better, it would have replaced Rush. People wanted what he was selling.

What do you think would happen if an AM station broadcast ACLU-hosted talk shows or documentary on 17th century opera?

People like to ignore that the Fox News audience has always existed.

They always existed but Fox *absolutely* mainstreamed that shit vs shady poor quality handpress "newsletters" and "newspapers". And gave it polish and glamour and a veneer of legitimacy and a huuuuuge budget.

Oh yeah. But radio and in person events also contributed. Hell, we had whole wars about issues long before cable came along.

Yes. FNC, and their followers, did not create their audience. No one is "brainwashed" or "mind-controlled". They simply found, and served, an audience, and if the audience kept gravitating to more extreme content, the content providers followed the audience.

IOW, right-wing media didn't make your family racist. They always were. Stop giving them excuses.

That's why the solution is you. Not policy, regulation, or law. Those things can and will be used against you. But you? You can call out bullshit when you see it. "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." They weren't kidding.

Not this again. FD is not the hero you need. It only applies to broadcast. Not digital broadcast, not cable, not internet. Oldschool broadcast only. It's compelled speech. And it would be weaponized against you and the speech / messaging you like. By this administration? Look tf around.

They should troll him, like Gavin Newsome, the most-handsome governor.

Airwaves are free dickhole!

...especially dictators who are incredibly dumb "NBC and ABC affiliates pay federal license fees to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the right to broadcast."

What they pay to the FCC doesn't line DJT's pocket, though, so it doesn't count. I suspect the two networks must've been a little too honest lately, bringing on this tantrum.

Hmm.... what if ABC and NBC simply bribe the FCC to keep their licenses? Drump and co love bribes.

It’s only Fake news you and it’s that way because you don’t like them telling the truth! Listen you 🍊🪳nobody gives a flying fuck what you think!

Is he trying to get another payday like from paramount?

yes. he wants a pay off.

Them Fox wouldn't be there.

Corporate Media caves for corporate reasons. The CBS Case: Confusion and Mental Anguish? Where's OUR Settlement? bsky.app/profile/opsa...

It's a mafia boss shaking someone down.

This is proof positive of dementia. ABC and NBC are sane washing Donald Trump, yet in his delusional mind they are being unfair. All because the world in Donald Trump's mind has no relation to the real world. Any journalist brave enough to tell the truth will be greatly rewarded. No intimidation.

Also assholes.

There is no surprise that a fascistic dictator sounds like one.

C’mon cankles… do your thing.

#ReleaselAllTheEpsteinFiles

Now do Fox 🚩👹😱🤮

Distraction from a Pedo who rapes and beats little girls 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

Can this pustule just fucking go away now

He wants to be like Putin ,his hero .

Republicans actually own those networks.

I can think of something better to terminate.

What, no CBS too? 🤔

Always about MONEY 💴

🍊 Commie.

By unfair, he means "factual"

Grandpa’s sundowning again.

It is what dictators sound like . . . when they are no longer sane.

He hasn’t got long to go folks … he’ll fall over, shit himself in public then expire!

Can't wait 👹🤮😱

From your lips to God‘s ears!

I pray each evening and offer all sorts of incentives 🤣🤣🤣🤣

It's taking too long.

A decade too long at the very least. 😞

Definitely. 🤬

I want it to happen at the top step of AF1, so he can bounce down step by step, just like a Slinkee. Everyone cheering that the fat orange piece of shit makes it to the bottom.

👍🤣🤣🤣🤣

I can see it clearly in my inner movie 🍿

🇨🇦Their comeuppance is a pleasant thought Train! 6 months … Trump diapered, immobile, identity damaged, dies from 2nd massive stroke. Vance chokes on his own dinner meat 2 minutes later. Johnson reveals Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer First. 🇨🇦Hegseth Dies First! Drunk, in a hot tub with 🇺🇸🕊️sex workers.🕊️🇺🇸

This madman is out of control. We must do something to stop him now.

He’s extorting more money!

What’s he bitching about now?

It’s called competition or both sides.

47 forgets that journalists provide a legitimate check on the executive branch and cannot be labeled “fake” just because they question his actions. That is their job. Americans know better than ever 47 will lie endlessly and is the least reliable source of information that has ever been in office.

OMG just substitute 47’s name for every mention of a network and you’ll get something much closer to being accurate.

It’s also what crybabies sound like.

The television networks don’t pay license fees. Those are paid by your local television stations.

Does he ever stop bitching?

He should be terminated. Permanently. He is already unplugged from reality.

NAZI's

Does anybody still think is normal?

Sounds like Trump is demanding bribes again.

The Fairness Doctrine, enforced by the Federal Communications Commission, 1949 Lawmakers became concerned that the monopoly audience control of the 3 main networks, NBC, ABC and CBS, could misuse their broadcast licenses to set a biased public agenda. Dems-let's get back to THIS at the very least

Not shockingly, the Reagan Library gets the Fairness Doctrine wrong. It was narrowly applicable to holders of broadcast licenses. Networks don’t have broadcast licenses.

Just like crooked Presidents should not either.

WTF???? Dictator in the makingWE MUST STOP THE MADMAN!!!

Dumbass liddle DiCKtators

He's so pathetic.

No, this is what a dementia-addled narcissist sounds like. We don't hear shit like this from Putin or Kim because those guys have functioning brains.

Oh gawd sounds like a senile dictator 😡

Is he choking on a chicken bone??

uuuhh, what the fuck

Don’t forget Nixon. He may have been the biggest bitch whiner of the media of em all

Telling the truth is what makes #47 say things like this.

What the ever loving fuck is going on here? At midnight, he’s screeching like this?

This is what abusive sex criminals sound like. And Trump is objectively, factually both.

Nope 🖕🖕🖕🖕✊✊✊✊✊✊🖕

Thank you 😊

As it always does with any country. No offense, but Americans think too high of themselves sometimes.

So true! I’ve discovered that we’re surrounded by imbeciles.

Trump going after ABC and NBC? delicious.

Trumps wants ALL the money.

We should shut this entire fucking country down. If corporations had any sense they’d tell every employee to go home and not to come back until the magats in the house and senate impeached fucking trump.

Trump Tramples on US Constitution.

Replace ABC and NBC with Fox and Newsmax and the truth comes out. 🧐

Historically, dictators have had better grammar.

85.9 million eligible voters skipped the 2024 general election, 3 million voted for 1 out of 100 third-party presidential candidates who had no chance in hell of winning. America civil war 2 is happening right now and the only question that there is, what will win? Democracy or Dictatorship

A Dictator soliciting bribes

As an aside, it is curious, how much time 💩 🤡 has to watch TV.

Don't forget ABC just paid him millions. And they thought it would make him go away.

Will magats ever get tired of his endless bitching?

It’s considered a feature not a bug

It's what they sound like 24/7 so probably not

Plus that isn’t bitching; it’s more extortion by Pedolord RICO.

They love his bitching. And they bitch almost as much if not more than he does.

You mean that's what the dictator said.

He's a 3rd grade playground bully. And very low IQ to boot.

YA THINK?!?

Look like

Tell me you don’t understand how the FCC works without telling me. Hint: Networks don’t have licenses. Over the air radio and television does.

This is our oligarch strike list. Every time you snub these companies, the oligarchs get weaker.

Oh, that's awesome. Thanks. 💙⚖️🇺🇸

Not CBS though because they're owned by Paramount who's already bent it's knee to the mad king. Fascism came quick.

Disagree. Dictators usually sound smarter than that nonsense.

What about crooked fake presidents? What should we do with them?

What else do ya expect, from the “Fake President”?

Full-on fascist.

There’s only one termination we care about orange pedo traitor TACO.

Um....so... since when did they start actually reporting anything about Trump? It's this kind of Trumps shit posting that keeps them quiet.... MSM are a bunch of pussy's

Here’s today’s word scramble. Unscramble the following: 6 - 8 - 7 - 4

Pedophile dictators are notoriously pos

It’s an obvious shakedown. Trump (probably): Look at those big beautiful licenses. It’d be a real shame if something happened to them.

Also what deranged and senile people sound like.

Pedo Bro is planning another shakedown.

The orange f'ing bully is looking for ABC and NBC to permanently bend the knee to him and give him $millions/$billions.

Ehmmm no, that’s what morons read like.

Fuck that corroded, pompous, demented, gelatinous, vengeful fascist!

Spoken like an old fuckin man. NO ONE WATCHES BROADCAST TV ANYMORE YOU OLD FUCKING FOOL.

Nazi fuck

Why wouldn’t he? He’s emboldened & not one Fckn soul is stopping him. He’s on a mission from Putin to fundamentally change our country; and we’re rolling out the red carpet.

Boo hoo. Fake news, crooked journalism... maybe these entities are finally reporting truths. Wordsmith that he is, Comrade Poopy Pants needs to STFU or, even better, just go away. Whiney, over-fed titty babies should not be in positions to sow dissent and legislate harm. Also, RELEASE THE FILES.

He is more deranged every day.

Full authoritarian

Thank you for your attention to this distraction.

CBS, as witnessed by yet another disgraceful weak-tea 60 Minutes tonight, is fully under MAGA control. I note not one 60 Minutes on-air contributor has resigned yet, I guess ancient Lesley Stahl and “high minded” Scott Pelley are worried about their lifestyles in retirement and need the money

They don't have licenses you f'ng moron, only local affiliates have broadcast licenses.

Shut up, Nazi!

If they don’t sing his praises, he’ll shut them down. This is the beginning of the ugly road to STATE MEDIA.

A royal POS.

Demented dumb dictators to be precise.

yes it is. otoh, the discovery for the lawsuit will be hilarious, since msm has been bowing and scraping so much to him. otooh, fuckers will probably just pay up. *sigh*

Strange you don't hear him about Newsmax and Fox, both sentenced millions for lying.

Rage tweeting again while alone in the WH with only his miserable narcissistic demented self... Sad!

Looks like ABC and NBC have a choice to make. Either they continue spinelessly bending to a dictator's every whim or they stand up and fight for the Constitution and the rights it guarantees to all. Let me be clear, ALL American media must immediately stand up to this tyrant or face extinction.

Dominion lawsuit ruling against Fox and NewsMax show the real liars in the media .....and they are firmly on Trump's side

It was a mistake for Dominion AND Smartmatic to accept heft settlements for the defamation found in disclosure, WITHOUT also requesting an on air retraction, plus an apology every hour, every day for at least 2 years. They get to pay millions & still lie about 2020, 1/6/21 & everything else.

Edit “hefty”.

A shitty arsehole larping as a mob boss Knob Boss, more like

Just take step back. Bring your mind back to, say, early 2000s. Now you have this orange guy in change. Saying stuff like that, on his own platform, and people are Re-fucking-Truthing him. If this would be a fictional tv series people would complain on IMDB that it's not believable.

If Trump chooses to set this precedent, the next Democratic President had better shut down Fox News on day one. Also I hope Mark Cuban and Bernie Sanders feel good about Trump spreading his extortion from Intel to ABC and NBC, they seemed okay with it a few days ago.

Exactly.

It’s insane how unsettling this is and not enough people are making enough noise.

License fees should be a one size fits all not dependent on whether you like or disapprove of their interpretation.

Irrelevant, as networks aren't licensed by the FCC.

Then Fox is next

I kind of agree with him on that last sentence there. Crooked journalism should be terminated and never rewarded. I propose we start with Fox, OANN and Newsmax and go from there to other far right propaganda outlets.