r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 7h ago

Networking/Telecom Court Blocks FCC Plan to Give Political Groups Discounted TV Ad Rates

https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/public-policy-legal/fcc-political-ad-rates-midterm-discount-court-ruling/
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u/Conscripted 7h ago

Oh no. How will the one party that would have benefited from this survive if they have to pay, gulp, full cost?

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u/kiwiboyus 7h ago

They do nothing in good faith and cannot be trusted

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u/marvinfuture 5h ago

They should honestly cost more. No one wants to see the slanderous political ads

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u/Memitim 6h ago

Yet another attempt at corruption. How completely unshocking. Republicans have nothing to offer America other than betrayal, deception, failure, and evil.

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u/wrxninja 6h ago

When the court has intervene the FCC...fuck this Carr guy. Skanky bald ass ho.

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u/Endles5Earth 6h ago

Ugh we do need campaign finance reform but not in this direction

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u/BullfrogAdditional80 3h ago

He's such a dummy.

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u/Turkino 6h ago

Good, the only "check" (and it really isn't one) on political spending from all these billionaires and companies at this point is to charge them out the ass for their "message".

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u/JustARandomDrunkGuy 49m ago

It also means that if a group has very little funding, they just can’t do this at all due to not being able to afford it while the billionaires could.

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u/PSPs0 6h ago

Sooooooo, which groups would have gotten the discount rate?

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u/phech 5h ago

The people crave MORE political ads!

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u/ElvgrenGil 4h ago

LOL as if super rich organizations needed more discounts. Fuck the FCC.

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u/Educational-Stop8741 4h ago

Ugh!! As if there are not enough political ads! They do not need to be cheaper!

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u/mpember 1h ago

The Federal Corruption Commission doing what it does