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September 2, 2022
WILL ABC, CBS and NBC broadcast reruns of democracy in the future if the MAGA-cult is allowed to destroy it?
Isn't there a requirement in the FCC broadcast license about supporting the public good/interest? I don't know that anything is specifically made mandatory: I don't know communications licensing or law. However, it's not hard to see that broadcasting Biden's speech would have been in the public's interest. (This assumes that it's a common goal to maintain the US as a democracy.)
FYI: Here is the FCC manual on "The Public and Broadcasting":
OR is this all a moot point since almost no one seems to depend on broadcast news any longer?
Broadcast Networks ABC, CBS and NBC Refused to Broadcast Biden's Speech
Broadcast Networks Pass On Carrying Joe Biden’s Primetime Speech — Update
By Ted Johnson
September 1, 2022 2:27pm
UPDATE, 5 PM PT: Broadcast networks passed on carrying Joe Biden’s speech in Philadelphia, as the president cast MAGA Republicans as a threat to democracy.
ABC ran Press Your Luck, CBS went with a Young Sheldon rerun and NBC with a Law & Order replay. CNN and MSNBC carried the address, as did news division streaming channels, but Fox News stuck with Tucker Carlson and his critique of the speech as it was happening.
Biden, appearing against the backdrop of Independence Hall, argued that MAGA Republicans were embracing extremism
“They promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence,” Biden said.
...
https://deadline.com/2022/09/joe-biden-speech-primetime-broadcast-networks-1235105916/
By Ted Johnson
September 1, 2022 2:27pm
UPDATE, 5 PM PT: Broadcast networks passed on carrying Joe Biden’s speech in Philadelphia, as the president cast MAGA Republicans as a threat to democracy.
ABC ran Press Your Luck, CBS went with a Young Sheldon rerun and NBC with a Law & Order replay. CNN and MSNBC carried the address, as did news division streaming channels, but Fox News stuck with Tucker Carlson and his critique of the speech as it was happening.
Biden, appearing against the backdrop of Independence Hall, argued that MAGA Republicans were embracing extremism
“They promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence,” Biden said.
...
https://deadline.com/2022/09/joe-biden-speech-primetime-broadcast-networks-1235105916/
WILL ABC, CBS and NBC broadcast reruns of democracy in the future if the MAGA-cult is allowed to destroy it?
Isn't there a requirement in the FCC broadcast license about supporting the public good/interest? I don't know that anything is specifically made mandatory: I don't know communications licensing or law. However, it's not hard to see that broadcasting Biden's speech would have been in the public's interest. (This assumes that it's a common goal to maintain the US as a democracy.)
FYI: Here is the FCC manual on "The Public and Broadcasting":
OR is this all a moot point since almost no one seems to depend on broadcast news any longer?
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