Not yet. Under the terms of the fcc approval, he has no equity yet.
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WaPo Piece on Brendan Carr
- Thread starter TheBigA
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None of that is mentioned by Bozell or Carr.
So you can speak for everyone in this thread, about for they feel about Carr & DJT? I don’t see much cheerleading for either since November 5th.
This isn't a political cheerleader board. You want a politics board not a radio board.
I don’t want nothing, but to be able to voice my opinion, like everyone else. People here must be scared of Carr and all they can do is spread misinformation and gaslight, the FCC will be going thru some changes in the next 4 years.
I'm not suggesting that either of their "rabble rousing" statements is accurate. I'd be surprised were Carr not to know about the intricacies of the proposed transaction; I suspect that he is oversimplifying the whole situation by using inaccurate but easier to understand terms for non -business people.
The fact is, however, that both can take a couple of jabs at Soros this way. Among people who have observed Soros' manipulations of the British currency and economy...
... we find what he did and how it affected the British economy to be vile and repulsive. There is a great deal of what I consider to be dreadful behaviours attributed to him, including the most recent financing of very liberal perspective district attorney campaigns which had contributed (again, in our opinion) to increasingly dangerous environments where that type of person actually got elected (Los Angeles, SF, Oakland, et. al,).
With that heightened feeling among a majority sentiment of the electorate, I suspect that Carr and Bozell are playing to the recent election sentiment which is significantly against such policies. This is sort of "kicking a guy while he is down" but that is not uncommon in politics. So we get a flavoring of the FCC that is less supported by actual facts than by a public attitude against an ultra-leftist guy who they want to put a full stop on.
My concern is that there is more partisan politics than actual facts behind holding up the transfer. That politicizes the FCC which has generally been one of the agencies with the least political agendas. The idea of expanding the FCC into content and other regulation of the Internet scares me more than Soros being allowed to buy a controlling interest in one money-losing radio company.
He won’t be alone in that.
A lot of the same people in conservative circles complaining about Soros' indirect ownership of Audacy seemingly have no issue with the Murdoch family's control over Fox Television Stations, LLC.
Rupert Murdoch was granted a waiver by the FCC to permit his majority beneficial ownership of such stations as WNYW (New York), KTTV (L.A.), WJBK (Detroit), WAGA (Atlanta), KMSP (Twin Cities) and many others.
Both he and Soros are naturalized U.S. citizens, by the way.
To be clear, the alleged "shortcut" mentioned by some right wing pundits and Republican politicians that Soros received is not a shortcut at all. All that happened was the FCC permitted the bankruptcy reorganization plan to be implemented while the FCC continues to conduct its foreign ownership review. The voting stock of the Soros controlled entities is capped at 25 percent in the meantime, which is the limit allowed under current FCC rules, until the foreign ownership review is completed. Once the review is complete, the FCC will make a decision as to whether the same type of waiver that was granted to Rupert Murdoch many years ago is granted to Soros. If the waiver request is denied, the voting stock held by Soros controlled entities will remain at or below 25 percent.
Rupert Murdoch was granted a waiver by the FCC to permit his majority beneficial ownership of such stations as WNYW (New York), KTTV (L.A.), WJBK (Detroit), WAGA (Atlanta), KMSP (Twin Cities) and many others.
Both he and Soros are naturalized U.S. citizens, by the way.
To be clear, the alleged "shortcut" mentioned by some right wing pundits and Republican politicians that Soros received is not a shortcut at all. All that happened was the FCC permitted the bankruptcy reorganization plan to be implemented while the FCC continues to conduct its foreign ownership review. The voting stock of the Soros controlled entities is capped at 25 percent in the meantime, which is the limit allowed under current FCC rules, until the foreign ownership review is completed. Once the review is complete, the FCC will make a decision as to whether the same type of waiver that was granted to Rupert Murdoch many years ago is granted to Soros. If the waiver request is denied, the voting stock held by Soros controlled entities will remain at or below 25 percent.
It's not "misinformation" when we use exact quotes and documented facts.
Why do you keep speaking for everyone else? This will be my last comment in this thread, so you can go ahead post away.
I'm posting for me.
Carr was a guest on Joe Pags syndicated radio show, where he said this:
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr on Soros’s Radio Station Buyout | iHeart
Joe Pags Interviews FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr—Can Soros Really Buy 200+ Radio Stations Just a Month Before an Election? Carr Explains Why This Isn’t How It’s Supposed to Work! | iHeart
The irony here is that a few weeks after this interview, Joe Pags was fired by iHeart.
Joe ‘Pags’ Pagliarulo Exits WOAI
Compass Media Networks' syndicated Conservative Talker 'Joe Pags' Pagliarulo has exited his longtime flagship station as part of iHeartMedia's ongoing
radioinsight.com
Let's spare ourselves digging around technicalities just to drive a moot point again.
Outside of engineering, pedantic behavior is not a charming quality.
I disagree. You talked about Carr and Elon Musk in a "whataboutism" context to showcase political affiliations. From the very beginning, you made it a subtle political argument.
But when I give similar vague context to explain why Carr may have made those statements, I'm the one that gets a stern warning about politics.
It is what it is. I learned a long time ago that some of the more prominent mods and most active users on here lean left. Heck, I was temporarily banned and accused of instigating violence because one mod didn't like my viewpoint on modern journalism.
I'm fine with leftist ideals getting preferential treatment on this board. I just wish we stopped pretending like we are a nonpartisan board.
"Nobody" is a plural term.
The law is all about technicalities. If you disagree, then just say you disagree. It’s not “moot,” it’s in the agreement, and it’s factually correct.
Because to Carr, he says Audacy got a shortcut because of politics. He says decisions at the FCC were made based on last name. It starts with him making that observation.
Again, it's semantics. Even the article you provided doesn't refute or address such technicalities. How Carr characterized the transition of ownership is a misnomer everyone understood.
It's time to move on.
But how does that pertain to Elon Musk?
Adding to the file of Brendan Carr interviews, he spoke with CNBC on Friday
radioink.com
Brendan Carr Outlines Media Trust Agenda as FCC Chair - Radio Ink
Media trust is set to become a major concern of FCC Chairman-designate Brendan Carr, as he continues to outline his plans for the Commission.
radioink.com
If “Broadcast licenses are not sacred cows” is not a clear enough signal of what’s coming, I’m not sure anything can help.
We’ve seen this blueprint many times before in any number of countries.
We’ve seen this blueprint many times before in any number of countries.