Conservative voice speaks out after the White House cracks down on critics of Charlie Kirk since his assassination

So I’m assuming that Sinclair will be demanding that Tucker apologize and donate and that the FCC will be threatening to cancel his podcast.

  • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
    16·
    20 hours ago

    They have regulatory power primarily over the technical aspects of cable tv, not the content.

    From the same fcc.gov website you just linked to:

    Nevertheless, what power the FCC has to regulate content varies by electronic platform. Over-the-air broadcasts by local TV and radio stations are subject to certain speech restraints, but speech transmitted by cable or satellite TV systems generally is not. The FCC does not regulate online content.

    Source: The FCC and Speech | Federal Communications Commission https://share.google/p4X1DUg5q3a8F1jC6

    Edit: @downvoters, am I fucking wrong? Your citation is right there, right from the horse’s mouth, the government website of the FCC itself. Go on and be pissy about it I guess, but you’re acting like children.

    • kbal@fedia.io
      2·
      20 hours ago

      The FCC does for example prohibit “obscenity” — not profanity — on cable. No doubt it is mentioned somewhere on their website.

      • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
        12·
        19 hours ago

        It does. That is one of the very limit content regulatory powers it has over cable tv. “Obsenity” is a very high bar, though, and is, itself, not protected speech under the 1st Amendment at all.

        To be considered obscene, it must meet a three-pronged test from the Supreme Court:

        1. It appeals to the prurient interest.
        2. It depicts or describes sexual or excretory conduct in a “patently offensive” way.
        3. Taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

        Basically Brian Kilmeade can’t show his gaping asshole taking a dump on Fix & Friends. But he can casually suggest euthanizing the homeless population and it’s out of the FCC’s hand.