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Trump nominee for FCC chair says legacy media 'status quo' needs to change

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*Jeff Bezos just recently did an op-ed where he said that Americans don't trust the news media. He said now they're the least trusted of all.

*they're licensed by the FCC. And the exchange for that is they have to serve the public interest

*There's also a news distortion complaint at the FCC

*there's been this unprecedented surge in censorship


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Trump nominee for FCC chair says legacy media 'status quo' needs to change

Brendan Carr, President-elect Trump's pick for the FCC, said Tuesday that the status quo when it comes to legacy media needed to change during an interview on "America's Newsroom."
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For the last 8 years we've heard the media say Trump is a racist, fascist, Hitler, Nazi..... My question is, why didn't Trump sue the pants off these guys? I would!

I would love TRUTH in media because many of our brains would unwind.
 
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Laodicean60 said:
For the last 8 years we've heard the media say Trump is a racist, fascist, Hitler, Nazi..... My question is, why didn't Trump sue the pants off these guys?
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First Amendment.

Plus, as a public figure, he must prove actual malice for slander or libel torts.

Laodicean60 said:
I would!

I would love TRUTH in media because many of our brains would unwind.
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Commentators commentate. It's what they do.

But, there are times when a media outlets lies so egregiously, they can be sued and, occasionally, if malice or disregard for the truth can be established in court, held liable. Most often, if they have no actual legal defense, they settle. Say, for example, for $787 million dollars.

-- A2SG, gee, who could I be talking about...I wonder....
 
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Laodicean60 said:
For the last 8 years we've heard the media say Trump is a racist, fascist, Hitler, Nazi..... My question is, why didn't Trump sue the pants off these guys? I would!

I would love TRUTH in media because many of our brains would unwind.
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Maybe he’s very gracious and forgiving?
 
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A2SG said:
First Amendment.

Plus, as a public figure, he must prove actual malice for slander or libel torts.


Commentators commentate. It's what they do.

But, there are times when a media outlets lies so egregiously, they can be sued and, occasionally, if malice or disregard for the truth can be established in court, held liable. Most often, if they have no actual legal defense, they settle. Say, for example, for $787 million dollars.

-- A2SG, gee, who could I be talking about...I wonder....
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It’s ok to talk down about someone’s character? Oh really? Their hatred for the future president proves nothing, other than they are sore losers.
 
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RileyG said:
It’s ok to talk down about someone’s character? Oh really?
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Depends. The First Amendment protects the freedom of the press, for one thing. As far as private citizens go, if you defame someone, they can sue for slander or libel. Unless you're a public figure, like Trump, then Trump would have to prove actual malice.

But if there is no defamation involved, well, freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment.

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Their hatred for the future president proves nothing, other than they are sore losers.
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Pretty much. Just like all the invective hurled at Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and Barak Obama. Politics is what it has always been.

-- A2SG, criticizing the President (and those running for president) is as American as Apple pie...
 
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A2SG said:
Depends. The First Amendment protects the freedom of the press, for one thing. As far as private citizens go, if you defame someone, they can sue for slander or libel. Unless you're a public figure, like Trump, then Trump would have to prove actual malice.

But if there is no defamation involved, well, freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment.


Pretty much. Just like all the invective hurled at Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and Barak Obama. Politics is what it has always been.

-- A2SG, criticizing the President (and those running for president) is as American as Apple pie...
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Thanks for the info.
 
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Laodicean60 said:
For the last 8 years we've heard the media say Trump is a racist, fascist, Hitler, Nazi..... My question is, why didn't Trump sue the pants off these guys?
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Because perhaps like the various election fraud claims, the spin that everyone is lying about him is best made in places where there aren't legal penalties for telling falsehoods.

Not to mention that discovery would go very badly for him.
 
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Greene, who was tapped to lead a subcommittee working with the Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), laid out how she hopes to cut government spending

The congresswoman said government-funded media programs like NPR, which she claimed "spread nothing but Democrat propaganda," will be under the subcommittee’s microscope.

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Sanctuary states, cities should explain to DOGE why they deserve federal money: MTG

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Sunday laid out areas that could face the chopping block under the subcommittee’s plan to cut government spending.
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