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Rand Paul: FCC chair had "no business" intervening in ABC/Kimmel controversy

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125 points voxadam | 1 comments | 22 Sep 25 20:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ahmeneeroe-v2 ◴[22 Sep 25 21:05 UTC] No.45339423[source]▶
The FCC exists (in part) to enforce a certain morality on public broadcasters. Whatever we think about that today, that was a core responsibility of the FCC when it started and that still exists today.
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lokar ◴[22 Sep 25 21:19 UTC] No.45339574[source]▶
Why does this need to be a federal concern? Other than the need to manage spectrum assignments at state borders, why can’t the states do all of this?

Why do California and Mississippi have to follow the same standards?

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1. beej71 ◴[23 Sep 25 04:17 UTC] No.45342796[source]▶
Look up "border blasters" to see how that plays out internationally. We'd have the same problem in the states, I'd bet.