Tuesday, March 31, 2026

FCC Chair is Openly Cheering the Weakening of the Press

In a speech, he ticked through defunded outlets, ousted journalists and looming ownership changes -- then said the president is 'winning'

Posted by retort at 09:18 AM | 2 COMMENTS | permalink

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"How disturbing that the head of the FCC is pushing for a certain type of content that resembles, quite frankly, state TV. And that he wants those who might say something he or the government disagrees with to be punished," writes senior media writer Tom Jones. www.poynter.org/commentary/2 ...

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-- The Poynter Institute (@poynterinstitute.bsky.social) Mar 19, 2026 at 8:50 AM

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hmm
-FCC cheers defund of state media
-gay institute accuses FCC of creating state media
liberal logic

#1 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-03-31 10:20 AM

One of the clearest characteristics of Trump/MAGA is encouraging and abetting the demise of the United States.

Trump and his friends are making arrangements to survive and thrive, if they can get past the Epstein Files, which could still result in enraged citizens simply lynching them.

MAGA thinks it's immune, too. Which is the most god-damned funny thing I know.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-31 10:42 AM

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