[ExI] F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters’ Licenses Over War Coverage

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [ExI] F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters’ Licenses Over War Coverage

 

On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 1:40 PM <spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com> > wrote:

 

> Where I was going is to point out that broadcasting is not nearly as important as it once was. 

 

>…If Broadcasting is as unimportant as you say then why is He Who Must Not Be Named trying so desperately to obtain total control over it?

 

Being old, he is overestimating its importance perhaps, along with others who work in broadcast news.

 

>…And as a libertarian why the hell doesn't that bother you?!

 

 

I recognize the increasing irrelevance of broadcast news.  Stand by and watch John.  Mainstream broadcasters will fall like a row of dominoes as more and more viewers switch to podcasts for news and commentary.  I see this already, with more young people listening to podcasts than they do radio.  That is a big change in our times, and really kicked into high gear during the covid years.  

 

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 > It’s nothing personal, just business. 

 

>…I guess POTUS has learned from the master because that's exactly what the Godfather said just before he put bullets in the brains of Virgil "the Turk" Sollozzo and police Captain McCluskey while they were eating at a restaurant.  John K Clark

 

I relate to that movie differently than most.  There was a lot of killing in that, but with only one exception I can think of, it was bad guys killing bad guys (Captain McCluskey was corrupt too.)  Every time a bullet hit someone, it was a good thing, with one exception:  I really felt sorrow for Michael’s Italian wife Apollonia who perished in the exploding car.  I don’t think she did anything wrong, other than getting mixed up with the wrong man, which she likely would not have known.  Other than her, were there any good guys who were slain in that dramatic trilogy?

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

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