George Soros buying radio stations

[michael hagerty]

Pssst.......don't say Eugenics.

I mean, they are deep into that too----but nobody's immune from this.

 

[cc333]

I've worked in very blue markets and encountered "extreme progressives." They regard the likes of Colbert as "corporate" and "neo-liberal." They're also prone to not vote due to purity tests and impatience. People proud of being far left or progressive as a label have no use for Colbert, Kimmel and even Jon Stewart.

The perception of these guys (and they are mostly Caucasian males of a certain generation) as extreme in any way is foreign to even conservatives in places such as Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and most of Europe. If anything, they're center left and pretty "establishment."

The SF Bay Area is full of people like that. I had an encounter with one who demanded I stop idling my car – in an empty rural parking lot late at night where she, my mother and I were the only people around – because the exhaust fumes were killing everyone. Excuse me? My battery just died, and I jumped it. I'm idling my car so it won't die again and I can get home! I was only idling it for about 5 minutes when I had that confrontation.

I understand the person's point, but look at the millions and millions of cars crowding freeways everywhere every day. They're doing far more damage than me, idling my car in an empty, rural parking lot.

They're doing more than worry. They're using the power of the government to illegally and unconstitutionally abridge their freedom.

Meanwhile the audience is abandoning traditional media because it's too regulated, too commercialized, and too bland. The real news media operates online away from any regulation or control.

Yup.

I think the real question that needs to be answered is the one Michael Hagerty points to without asking; namely, why do so many conservatives believe that stories about the imposed famine in Gaza or the Las Vegas man who went to Manhattan (New York) and then gunned down five people is liberal bias.

The answer, I think, is something that Elon Musk was quoted as saying a few months back. Going by memory, Mr. Musk said that people who are in trouble shouldn't be helped by either the government or by other people; i.e. people should be left alone to face the outside world without any outside assistance from others. The problem for the conservatives is the visuals. When you see kids dying from famine, regardless of where it is, you (well, most humans anyway) want to help them, and that flies in the face of the conservative mantra exemplified by Elon Musk. The whole and terrible truth is that if these actions were to happen to today's conservatives, then they would act no differently than the people they are complaining about.

That kind of thinking can also extend to people with disabilities, such as yourself. The lack of compassion and empathy (which Musk allegedly sees as weaknesses), and the resulting discrimination is absolutely appalling to me.

Worst of all, we have allowed ourselves to hate one another based on something we exercise absolutely no control over. Yes, hate. Families torn apart, friendships ended and such. This politics 'illness' will destroy us. Look at the approval rating of Congress and how the reality is the member of congress votes for heir party not the will of the American people when push comes to shove.

Absolutely. It has become virtually impossible to have civil conversations about much of anything as a result, and this "do nothing unless it's for Trump" Congress is only making it worse.

So, what does this have to do with radio? In my mind, it's related because the actions of this FCC and administration is getting dangerously close to being unconstitutional, if it isn't already. For example, the "60 Minutes" settlement and subsequent cancellation of Steven Colbert (allegedly for financial reasons, which, even if true, looks really bad given the timing) and the subject of this thread: the fact that Soros simply bought up Audacy's debt. He has no control over Audacy's editorial policies, nor would he exercise it if he did.

And the hypocrisy is remarkable. All the things the conservative media is accusing the so-called "liberal" media of doing, namely having unfair and biased commentary... they do themselves! Conservative media is SO biased against and unfair to anything not-conservative, it makes my brain hurt when I try to read, watch, or listen to it.

"I see it on both sides" is bullshit. Dems never did that. Dems STILL don't do that.

I agree. I didn't really like it when they all turned against Biden, though. That seemed very turncoat and unfair.

I'm not saying they were wrong, unfortunately, because Biden's physical decline was becoming painfully obvious and increasingly difficult to ignore (especially after the debate, where Biden, who did make some valid points, kind of ended up in a mumbling heap), but they could've handled the optics of it better than they did, I think.

And there's this:

Texas Republican Redistricting Chair Admits He Hasn’t Looked at Census Data

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

See, here's the thing. If y'all would stop doing illegal, unethical, outrageous, oppressive, unconstitutional, un-American crap, you wouldn't get so much negative news coverage.

Absolutely!

I agree. We see it right here. However, the message carries a lot more power when it's promoted daily by the president of the country. There is no anchor or late night host who has that power. Both sides report what he says every day. He has the power to tone it down, but he won't. The media is just the messenger. The "illness" seems to be the desired effect.

Yeah. If only he would tone down his MAGA rhetoric and be, uh, presidential, maybe everyone could learn to get along again....

c

 

[Daryl Lynn L.A.]

It's getting worse, because CBS News, to appease the Pres.and facilitate this merger with Skydance, has agreed to appoint a ‘’bias monitor‘’, who will report directly to Brendan Carr and who will be responsible for overseeing favorable news content. That is tragic that the network of Walter Cronkite has to have a ‘’minder ‘’ to ensure that the news will please the White House.

Even in the most dire of days after the 2020 election, when Fox News ,Tucker Carlson , OAN, and Newsmax were reporting wild conspiracies, never did the incoming Biden administration speak of appointing a bias monitor.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/media/skydance-fcc-cbs-news-bias-ombudsman-dei-paramount#openweb-convo

 

[K.M. Richards]

Sounds like it is time to tell everyone we know that CBS Evening News is now programa non grata.

 

[TheBigA]

It's getting worse, because CBS News, to appease the Pres.and facilitate this merger with Skydance, has agreed to appoint a ‘’bias monitor‘’, who will report directly to Brendan Carr and who will be responsible for overseeing favorable news content.

Correction: They will appoint an ombudsman who will report to the president of the New Paramount, not Carr. See the top of Page 2:

https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1072299913934/2

I didn't see the words "bias monitor" in the letter. The ombudsman will field complaints about bias.

This isn't unusual. NPR also has an ombudsman who reports on news issues. You see how much good it's done for them.

 

[TheBigA]

The president tipped his hand on how his administration will deal with Soros, which will affect FCC's investigation into Audacy:

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/27/trump-urges-rico-charges-george-soros

Trump calls for George Soros to be charged with racketeering

Billionaire Democrat donor accused of supporting violent US protests

www.telegraph.co.uk

Obviously the KCBS investigation has gone nowhere. Their only shot is something like this, which is typically hard to prove.

This is the same way the Atlanta DA charged the president in the 2020 election.

 

[Delete My Account]

Hmm. Persecution of one's ideological opponents used to be considered un-American behavior. Wasn't Vance lecturing Europe for supposedly doing that?

Perhaps he and Trump should talk more often.

 

[TexasTom]

The president tipped his hand on how his administration will deal with Soros, which will affect FCC's investigation into Audacy:

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/27/trump-urges-rico-charges-george-soros

Trump calls for George Soros to be charged with racketeering

Billionaire Democrat donor accused of supporting violent US protests

www.telegraph.co.uk

Obviously the KCBS investigation has gone nowhere. Their only shot is something like this, which is typically hard to prove.

This is the same way the Atlanta DA charged the president in the 2020 election.

Actually, it's probably not exactly the same as what the Atlanta DA did -- because the Atlanta DA had actual evidence to back that charge, and I seriously doubt that the Trump administration has any evidence to back up their claims.

 

[TheBigA]

Actually, it's probably not exactly the same as what the Atlanta DA did -- because the Atlanta DA had actual evidence to back that charge, and I seriously doubt that the Trump administration has any evidence to back up their claims.

However, they will likely use their accusation as a pretense to revive and challenge Audacy's bankruptcy plan. Guilty until proven innocent.