Brendan Car announces victory over the first amendment
On Monday, the Freedom of the Press Foundation filed a complaint against the Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee, Brendan Car. The deposit, which was sent to the Office of Disciplinary Counselor at the Appeal Court in the capital, claims that Car has broke the basic principles of behavior over and over again as a licensed lawyer, including by taking advantage of his authority to control the media speech. As a legal complaint, it is a long shot – but as a document, it summarizes months of the escalating war of Kar on freedom of expression.
While examples of the complaint go back to months, condition Reports FPF’s “turning point” was the last Car’s approval of the integration between Paramount and Skydance. It is a superficial situation that has somehow managed to look steady.
For several months, the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) allowed the request while Paramount negotiated a lawsuit against President Donald Trump. After that, Paramount Trump paid $ 16 million of settlement money – but this was not enough. The integration was approved on the condition that the new company is appointed to the grievance, to ensure the views of the views “through the political and ideological spectrum”, which is no directive anywhere in the usual rules of the Federal Communications Committee. Along the way, the sub -Paramount CBS canceled the display of the comedian and Trump Crithus Stephen Colbert – insists that the decision was purely financial It appears on CNBC It indicates that it helped the company comply with the Federal Communications Committee Law (FCC).
“The American people do not simply trust the main media, and for broadcasters – again, different from the cable, different from podcasts – for broadcasters, they have a federal license, and they are obligated to work in the public interest,” Car said when asked about the Kolbert show. “And to the extent that we started to see some changes, I think this is a good thing.”
“Shakedown is unconstitutional”
There is no reasonable way to recycle a mixture of Trump and Kalek behavior except as an attack on the first amendment, or in a phrase quoted from the complaint, “unconstitutional”. Trump hated how the news port edited an interview with a political competitor. In revenge, one of his officials threatened his mother company. To purify it, the company agreed to produce more work with its favorite policy, under the supervision of a screen that was appointed by the government.
What is a little easier for my country is the one who hurts me. Namely, the victims are Parmon and Skydance, a pair of giant companies facing a threat to the bottom line. But the real goal is everyone who enjoys news, comedy, or any other type of broadcast, and the risks are the freedom to choose what you see.
The conditions of integration require a “diversity of views”, which look like a noble goal – but let’s play what it means in the world of Car and Trump. CBS’s original lawsuit claimed that the network has edited an interview with the democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris who made Harris look very detailed – so to start, the Secretary of Grievances is likely to consider how politicians present in news coverage, encouraging journalists to show Trump’s criticism in a negative light.
Carr celebrated the cancellation of Colbert as a “correction of the cycle”, so the comedians are also fine. and End in another networkDisney, Car has made attempts to create Various display assortment An example of “Invidious” and illegal “Dei”. So, prepare for the investigations into racist or sexual makeup for the offers IT Greenlights, while making sure that its TV programs are not very diverse in Wrong methods.
The entire situation was I was charged earlier this month In the first season of one of the coronary coronary TV programs, South ParkAnd that sees the city with a name shaking with billions of dollars in a lawsuit from Trump. It is full of similarities barely veiled with the special situation and suggestions South ParkNot only South Park, under threat. (The White House has insulted the show, but so far, it looks safe).
For years, conservatives have warned that the operations of the Democrats of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) reach censorship, and often raises the specter of “the principle of new fairness”, referring to the rule that has long ended with broadcasters, must submit multiple views on public interest issues. Violating policies ranged from actual surveys of the newsroom’s operations to the efforts of consumer protection far: in 2016, Trump claimed that “net neutral is the doctrine of fairness” and “will target conservative media.” Now, Republican Commissioner has placed the government’s thumb directly on the scale of American culture, insisting that networks should not build their business on what customers love – they should look forward to Donald Trump.
In a country where media companies are unified indefinitely, the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) is in a position that allows them to stop any business that seeks to integrate until it extracts the terms they want. The provisions of “Dei” have already fell from a different company, Verizon, and there is no reason to believe that it will stop there. It seems unlikely that the FPF complaint is seriously sweaty this task. But he frankly puts the extent of Carr’s failure to do what broadcasters demand: serving the public interest by allowing freedom of expression of views.