FCC suspends foreign investment rule in RADIO

[Playball40]

This is not good. Allowing Cumulus to be 100% controlled by foreign entities certainly seems like a recipe for disaster.

https://radioink.com/2020/06/01/fcc-approves-cumulus-foreign-ownership-plan/

 

[laughing dog]

Just another example of putting America first.

 

[Toni]

This is not good. Allowing Cumulus to be 100% controlled by foreign entities certainly seems like a recipe for disaster.

https://radioink.com/2020/06/01/fcc-approves-cumulus-foreign-ownership-plan/

You're right. This is a disaster!

IMO, the same should apply to television as well. No ownership by foreign entities of any news media in the US, period, except where clearly advertised as such: Kremlin News and Times, BBC America (yes, one is made up and the other is legit and no, they are not intended to be equivalent).

 

[Loren Pechtel]

So what? Radio isn't a meaningful source of news anymore.

 

[ZiprHead]

So what? Radio isn't a meaningful source of news anymore.

Apparently foreign investors disagree with you.

 

[Jarhyn]

So what? Radio isn't a meaningful source of news anymore.

Apparently foreign investors disagree with you.

Nor do all the oldass republicans listening to Limbaugh or Infowars, or whatever the modern equivalent is these days.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

So what? Radio isn't a meaningful source of news anymore.

Apparently foreign investors disagree with you.

Nor do all the oldass republicans listening to Limbaugh or Infowars, or whatever the modern equivalent is these days.

It's a source of propaganda, not a source of news. Foreign investors won't change that.

 

[ZiprHead]

Nor do all the oldass republicans listening to Limbaugh or Infowars, or whatever the modern equivalent is these days.

It's a source of propaganda, not a source of news. Foreign investors won't change that.

You don't know what they will do so stop acting like you do.

 

[masterpeastheater]

Don't worry I'm sure the national security superpatriots in the GOP will get right on this. Yep sarcasm.

 

[Axulus]

Why is there an anti-foreign investment rule in the first place? Aren't you guys usually against xenophobic laws like that?

 

[marc]

Why is there an anti-foreign investment rule in the first place? Aren't you guys usually against xenophobic laws like that?

Most likely so some country like Russia can't buy up radio stations and have them spreading propaganda 24/7. I guess the FCC leadership feels that FOX News, OAN, Rush and all the little Rush clones are not doing a good enough job.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Nor do all the oldass republicans listening to Limbaugh or Infowars, or whatever the modern equivalent is these days.

It's a source of propaganda, not a source of news. Foreign investors won't change that.

You don't know what they will do so stop acting like you do.

The point is you can't destroy what has already been destroyed.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Nor do all the oldass republicans listening to Limbaugh or Infowars, or whatever the modern equivalent is these days.

It's a source of propaganda, not a source of news. Foreign investors won't change that.

You don't know what they will do so stop acting like you do.

The point is you can't destroy what has already been destroyed.