FCC lets Nexstar buy Tegna, creating Trump-approved broadcaster reaching 80% of US
Brendan Carr lets Trump-favorite Nexstar exceed national station ownership limit.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/fcc-lets-nexstar-buy-tegna-creating-trump-approved-broadcaster-reaching-80-of-us/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arstechnica Found the topic for the next edition of America's Favorite Podcast-Within-a-Podcast.
@bstow @arstechnica So true, but I worry that stupider shit will go down in the interim
@matovius @arstechnica We must lobby @nilay_patel to make it a daily podcast. Too much stupid to fit in a weekly format.
@arstechnica What could possibly go wrong? πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ Nothing like good old state media is there?
@arstechnica It’s good to be a suckup to the king (for the suckup, that is).
@arstechnica We'll break them all up in 2029.

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A good old-tyme saying now back in vogue: Burn the TV!