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CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC

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Re: CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC

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Post by colechristensen »

croes wrote: post #54
colechristensen wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Free speech goes as far as the people who defend it. CBS and its parent company are greedy cowards. If they won't defend free speech they're the ones causing its downfall. Governments rule only with the consent of the people. If you lay down and give away your freedoms you aren't the victim, you're the perpetrator.

Victim blaming? Greedy for trying to stay in business. If you didn’t fight hard enough it’s your fault? You let the government of the hook to easily. By your logic you‘re a perpetrator too because he don’t blame the real bad guy

Yes.

I'm blaming victims.

If you're suffering from government oppression and you go home and cry instead of stand up for your rights, I'm blaming you for your oppression.

You're only a victim if you die with your boots on, so to speak.

Re: CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC

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Post by jauntywundrkind »

davidw wrote: post #7
lenerdenator wrote: post #5

Well, what can the average person do to get CBS to air it?

I think corporate media is mostly lost. We need to build something new. Pay attention to things like The Bulwark or Liberal Currents. It's really early days for all that, so who knows where things go, but people like Bezos would rather destroy media outlets than sell them to someone who would allow them to speak out against the regime.

Liberal Currents is great. Bulwark is too, but I want to remind people that they are a center-right publication. Yes they hate the hell out of the infernal despicable corrupt sodden actions now, and are quite eloquent & good calling for some moral character & values.

But they're still on the right, and crucially in writing in because sometimes people don't actually know that. Do read/listen! But please be aware. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bulwark_(website)

(In case it's not obvious Liberal Currents is quite left.)

Re: CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC

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Post by hackyhacky »

1970-01-01 wrote: post #65

"Didn't air" doesn't mean what you think it means. It means the interview didn't go over the airwaves via broadcast towers. The full interview is online, which thanks to the Streisand effect already has millions of views and therfore helped CBS in terms of funding. This can be seen as a 4D chess move by CBS. They'll certainly do this again if they're hitting millions of views. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_…

> This can be seen as a 4D chess move by CBS.

It isn't. CBS is owned by the Ellisons, who are big Trump supporters. They are absolutely complicit in attempts to quash dissenting voices.

You're right that the Streisand effect is in play here, but it's not 4D chess. It's garden-variety incompetence, because the policy makers in the government are too old to see anything other than broadcast TV as the most valuable medium.

Re: CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

loeg wrote: post #20
pphysch wrote: post #12

Recall it was the same lawnmower^W Ellison-owned CBS that last minute pulled a 60 Minutes report on CECOT. They didn't blame that one on the government. Given that, I believe the higher ups at CBS wanted this to happen, but are colluding with the executive branch or misrepresenting the situation to shift responsibility.

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The "unobjectionable editorial reasons" were 'we cannot air anything critical of this administration unless this administration responds on the record first.' Which is just prima facie absurd.

Re: CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC

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Post by hypersoar »

gz5 wrote: post #15

we'll need more facts but if there is substance to this then the reaction from Bari Weiss (now cbs news editor-in-chief and a long-time public advocate of free speech) and team will be interesting.

Bari Weiss cut her teeth in college trying to get professors fired for criticizing Israel. She's hardly an advocate for free speech.

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Post by csours »

pimlottc wrote: post #72
csours wrote: post #68

Unlimited Free Speech, itty bitty living space. - Aladdin's Genie

I have no idea what this means

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ85y3q6K8c

Many people in or related to the current administration have spoken in favor of free speech, which feels quite ironic.

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