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Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership

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  1. freediddy · · focus · HN ↗
    I haven't watched broadcast TV in over a decade, except for live sports. I also haven't listened to broadcast radio in even longer. My teenage children don't know how to use the TV or radio. It's like someone telling me a company has a monopoly on the telephone lines; nostalgic for me but utterly useless in 2026.
    1. s0ss · · focus · HN ↗
      most people aren't hn readers. broadcast tv is far from useless in 2026, that's how many normies watch tv.
      1. sleepybrett · · focus · HN ↗
        this is all about allowing sinclair and their right wing ilk to own local news.
        1. throw0101d · · focus · HN ↗
          > this is all about allowing sinclair and their right wing ilk to own local news.

          From 2017, "Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)":

          * <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc

          &quot;John Oliver: Sinclair Broadcasting brings &#x27;troubling&#x27; rightwing bias to local news&quot;:

          * <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;tv-and-radio&#x2F;2017&#x2F;jul&#x2F;03&#x2F;john-oliver-sinclair-broadcasting-rightwing-news-fox" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;tv-and-radio&#x2F;2017&#x2F;jul&#x2F;03&#x2F;john-ol...

          &quot;John Oliver: How Sinclair Broadcast Group &#x27;Brainwashes&#x27; Local News&quot;:

          * <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rollingstone.com&#x2F;tv-movies&#x2F;tv-movie-news&#x2F;john-oliver-how-sinclair-broadcast-group-brainwashes-local-news-630138&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rollingstone.com&#x2F;tv-movies&#x2F;tv-movie-news&#x2F;john-ol...

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