Speaking of broadcasting, another defeat for the Orange one - the ordered restoration of the Voice of America and others.

Although there's no way of knowing if he'll obey any judge.

You can be sure it will be appealed forever. 

US judge blocks Trump’s shutdown of government-funded radio broadcasts
 

Since when are news stations really apolitical?  They may claim to be, but it didn't escape my notice that the moment our own PM (Trudeau, not Carney) had announced changes to the capital gains so that the wealthier Canadians would pay more, every single news station began chanting for him to resign until he had no choice but to quit.  The rich are always going to have a strong influence over the news and how it is covered. 

It's no accident either that Carney specifically said he wasn't going forward on those capital gains changes early on in his campaign. He needed the news coverage on his side if he had any hope of winning and that meant catering to the millionaires and billionaires that own the networks up here.

 

Hold onto your (MAGA) hats. Here we go again, this Sunday. Should be a fun watch especially since you know the guy in the corner (oval?) office of the White House will be seething as it airs.

'60 Minutes' to Take on Trump Again Amid Reports of Corporate 'Meddling'

The man is irredeemable as is America for electing him twice.

Broadcasters, lawyers, corporate CEOs and boards better grow a pair soon. Thank god my maternal ancestors were United Empire Loyalists who fled New York State in the late 1780s.

Madness. All of it.

Buzzy Krumhunger wrote:

Canada’s election to defeat Trump was contested a week ago and yet some continue the campaign.

Well the campaign in Australia to defeat the orange one was only a day ago and it was a labor landslide moreover the campaign worldwide is an ongoing concern. Who can afford to sit back ?




 

It just keeps getting more frightening. Let's hope shows like 60 Minutes do not give up the fight or there may be no one left to decry these illegal injustices. But I guess pulling licences is better than threatening execs. with jail, like they do in Russia or China. But you have to wonder if that's next. 

Pro-Trump FCC Chair Raises Prospect of Pulling CBS’s Broadcast License

RadioActive wrote:

It just keeps getting more frightening. Let's hope shows like 60 Minutes do not give up the fight or there may be no one left to decry these illegal injustices. But I guess pulling licences is better than threatening execs. with jail, like they do in Russia or China. But you have to wonder if that's next. 

Pro-Trump FCC Chair Raises Prospect of Pulling CBS’s Broadcast License

CBS as a network doesn’t even have a license. What the FCC has jurisdiction over with CBS is the individual stations they own (the O&Os) - WCBS New York, KYW Philadelphia, WBBM Chicago, KCBS/KCAL Los Angeles, and so forth. But there are many other CBS affiliates not owned by the network, such as WIVB Buffalo or WWNY Watertown.

Not like Canada where the CRTC licenses networks, or where almost all the stations with a network are O&Os.

Dial Twister wrote:

Who knew that just over half the voting American public, in their most recent presidential election, were complete idiots?

Years ago a WNY pundit repeated the wisdom someone else had authored about voters: the average rural Republican voter would gladly self castrate, if their millionaire representatives in Washington advocated for it.  And that's before this stain on humanity (Trump) came along.

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Dial Twister wrote:

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."
.......Winston Churchill

Churchill liked parrots. He was also a hipster - gassing Kurds before Saddam Hussein made it popular.
 

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/shari-redstone-impossible-choice-60-minutes-paramount-1236384851/

Redstone had conversations with various Paramount executives, among them George Cheeks, the Paramount co-CEO who oversees the CBS business, about certain “60 Minutes” stories, according to a person familiar with the matter. Redstone asked whether stories that could irritate Trump were correct and balanced, and inquired whether multiple stories that might draw Trump’s ire had to run on the same night, this person says. Two other people familiar with the “60 Minutes” editorial process say Zirinsky and her team were specifically tasked with examining stories tied concerning the Middle East and politics.

Redstone never issued any edicts about stories tied to Trump policies, says the person familiar with the situation, noting that the show has run such reports all season long. At this point, the person adds, with the current TV season drawing to a close, there is no reason to hold off on any stories the show has in the pipeline, as any acquisition by Skydance is not likely to be completed in that time frame.