21–30 of 196 posts
Mandatory state ideology is very worrisome.
This has been a thing in the USA for a long time hasn't it? Iirc, they have (legally not mandatory, but functionally mandatory) pledges at the start of every school day right?
I was only 9 the first time it happened but even back then it felt really weird.
How about forcing all stations to: 1. read from the bible between between 16:00 and 20:00 2. At 20:00 show Trump's picture for 5 minutes with people praising him 3. rest of the programming are shows based upon Leave it to Beaver and my 3 sons, make sure only WASPS are the actors and producers. That is what the US admin. really wants. If I see more than one of these "PSAs" in a 4 hour period, I will never watch that n…
>Although it’s described as voluntary, Carr said broadcasters can meet their public interest obligations by taking the pledge. This is notable because Carr has repeatedly threatened to punish broadcast stations for violating the public interest standard. But apparently Europe are the ones with freedom of speech issues.
Freedom of speech: pro-US propaganda Lack of freedom of speech: anything else
And they stuck it in your mailbox hoping you could be coerced
I can think of quite another place they should have stuck it first
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nothing mandatory, so no worries
With respect... the FCC is a regulatory agency. There is an obvious set of forcing functions here. It's not normal and is very concerning.
More importantly licensees pledge to serve their _local_ communities and maintain _local_ standards. That's the entire well documented point of the license system. As such the FCC has very little actual authority over stations outside of general technical requirements of the radio broadcast itself and no authority over content unless prompted by local complaints.
How might this campaign appear under an administration ran by a Democrat?
Let's start with some readings of the Declaration of Independence. They promised us another American Revolution. They neglected to mention that they were planning on taking the position of King George and the redcoats.
I suppose getting to Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 is a disappointing early start to what is meant to be a uniting and patriotic activity.
This feels a little excessively cynical, you still might hate it, but it's specifically for the 250th Anniversary of America. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr today urged broadcasters to join a “Pledge America Campaign” that Carr established to support President Trump’s “Salute to America 250” project. Carr said in a press release that “I am inviting broadcasters to pledge to air programming in…
In context it comes off as a thin veneer of jingoism on top of an implied threat.