One shouldn't affect the other. Doing so would be an punishment for 1A protected speech on a medium that the FCC has no regulation over. Should Trump have been able to yank WNBC's license because he asserts that MSNBC is lying about him?
One shouldn't affect the other. Doing so would be an punishment for 1A protected speech on a medium that the FCC has no regulation over. Should Trump have been able to yank WNBC's license because he asserts that MSNBC is lying about him?
The two companies are like siblings in a family. Each only liable for their own actions. Unless you can pierce the corporate veil to show levels of interaction that show the company as a whole is ignoring the corporate separateness, they are and should be treated as individuals.