'The View,' Other Late-Night Shows to Be Affected by FCC's New Guidance
Here's how the show(s) might be affected.
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K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
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K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
That would make an interesting legal argument, wouldn't it?
The ever-loyal Chairman Carr probably hasn't thought of that yet. And if such a challenge were to happen, a complaint to be filed with the Commission the first time a conservative operation refused equal time to theterrorists ... er ... liberals, then Carr would have to either rule in favor of them, or try to argue that the "equal" part of the rule only applied to one side of the equation.
Either way, he loses. Rule for the liberals, then the conservatives will want him out. Yesterday. Rule for his lords and masters and he creates proof that the FCC has no interest in the "public interest", therefore destroying its credibility. Either way, half of the population decides the Commission has no standing to enforce any kind of regulatory power.
This may be the best idea I have heard come from you, A.
The ever-loyal Chairman Carr probably hasn't thought of that yet. And if such a challenge were to happen, a complaint to be filed with the Commission the first time a conservative operation refused equal time to the
Either way, he loses. Rule for the liberals, then the conservatives will want him out. Yesterday. Rule for his lords and masters and he creates proof that the FCC has no interest in the "public interest", therefore destroying its credibility. Either way, half of the population decides the Commission has no standing to enforce any kind of regulatory power.
This may be the best idea I have heard come from you, A.
It's really not that complicated. Same with Fox News. Is it really news or is it entertainment? Sean Hannity says it's entertainment. Why do they only push one side? It shouldn't be exempt from equal time either. They never think about their "new rules": being applied to them because nobody ever challenges them. So Carr is only investigating the mainstream media, and Fox News gets away with total murder. People need to be willing to challenge them on these things.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Somewhere in my archives I have an aircheck from my brief tenure in morning drive at then-KWNK/670, rimshotting L.A. from Simi Valley. It was early 1989, we had just gone Talk, and were carrying Rush Limbaugh because KFI had passed on him (he was still quite not a name yet).
Rush did his show from the WABC studios in New York; 10am to noon local, then noon to 2pm on the satellite. That put him right after my show at 9am Pacific, and we arranged for a live interview at 6:40am our time, which was just right for him to talk with me for ten minutes and still have a breather before he went on the air on 770.
At one point, he answered one of my questions with "K.M., you have to remember that this is show business. What I do is just an act."
I always wondered, after his act went hyper-conservative, how much I could have gotten from him in exchange for that tape.
Here's the wording of the FCC rule:
Clearly that also applies to conservative talk radio. This article agrees:
www.insideradio.com
Clearly that also applies to conservative talk radio. This article agrees:
Equal Opportunities Rule Returns To Spotlight As FCC Targets Talk Shows.
The Fairness Doctrine may be gone, but the FCC is reviving attention to its equal opportunities rule, warning broadcasters that most talk shows are not automatically exempt. New guidance says
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Last night, Jimmy Kimmel discussed the new FCC guidance on his show:
www.yahoo.com
Jimmy Kimmel Interviews Trump’s ‘Badly Bruised Right Hand’ in Skit Mocking FCC Warning
The skit came after the FCC instructed networks to offer political candidates equal time on their shows, warning against shows “motivated by partisan purposes.”
I had no idea The View was a late-night show.'The View,' Other Late-Night Shows to Be Affected by FCC's New Guidance
Here's how the show(s) might be affected.www.tvinsider.com
If the host just screams over the representative of the "terrorist party" does it count?
What I find is that a lot of these hosts are very brave when they're just in the studio alone. They become a lot more diplomatic when they're face to face with someone they attack every day.
But we know that Brendan Carr won't enforce his new guidance on anyone he agrees with. What they do is OK with him. We see that already in his other "investigations." So I'm pretty sure he'll find a way to be selective in the way he enforces his rules. He's not the only one who does selective enforcement.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Seems to me that the first time he does ignore a violation from his side of the party divide, the lawyers will start billing hours. For all I know, the legal counsel under retainer at the major broadcast groups may have already been tasked with creating boilerplate language for anything they may get dragged into under this latest bit of fascism ... all it takes to deflect a "violation" is proving the rule isn't being applied equally and fairly.
This may well become a case of "be careful what you ask for because you might get it" for the right-wingers.
There already have been violations. In the recent governor's races in NJ and VA, conservative talk stations in those states only interviewed and promoted candidates from one party. There was no equal time.
Thanks, and it's always reassuring when I make a statement here, and then I see an authoritative publication saying the same thing.
We're saying that because that's how the law works. The phrase stands above the entrance to the Supreme Court: Equal Justice Under Law.
The Democrats won't go on the conservative stations because they can't take the questioning.
FNC is a paid cable channel like PMSNOW or CNN or HBO...not affected by the FCC
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Just because BigA used that as an example of "news vs. entertainment" does not mean that he -- or any of us professionals here -- don't already know that the FCC has no jurisdiction over cable content.
You must think we are idiots.
However, they do a branded broadcast radio service that uses FNC personalities and content. When broadcast on local radio stations, that content IS affected by the FCC.
Is that why repubs refuse to do MS-Now?
So you admit that they will only be asked gotcha questions. While they tee up softballs to Trump.