With their mega-purchase up for administration approval, they compelled CBS News to honor Trump last week.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Democratic States Seek to Block Massive TV Station Merger
The team-up of Nexstar and Tegna would cover 80 percent of U.S. households. It’s the first of several cases where states are at odds with pay-to-play federal antitrust enforcement.
Posted inPolitics
The Method in Trump’s Madness
Despite Trump’s impulsive inconsistencies, his attempted progression toward fascism is all too systematic. He has not yet succeeded.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Capture the Media, Control the Culture?
Trump’s attack on Jimmy Kimmel helps spotlight an even bigger problem.
Posted inTAP
Canceling Kimmel. Canceling Speech. Canceling Comedy.
Today on TAP: Making jokes has never been this dangerous, except in authoritarian states.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Elon Musk’s Next Potential Self-Enrichment
His Starlink internet service could benefit from a proposed Republican fire sale of the government’s wireless spectrum.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Coming War on the Press
Today on TAP: The big media outlets do themselves no favor by trying appeasement.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Private Equity Is Taking Your Calls
Two firms control the market for telecommunications assistance for deaf people. They have extracted higher rates for this government-funded service, while denying workers a union.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Broken Cords
We’re moving toward replacing cable TV with a bundle of streaming networks. Will local and news programming get lost in the transition?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Net Neutrality in Name Only?
Some advocates are concerned that a restoration of open-internet rules could allow some internet service providers to create ‘fast lanes’ for certain applications.
