Mastodawn

People are rightfully focused on the Ellison family's buying of Paramount, TikTok, and Warner Brothers, but this deal that was just okayed could be even bigger for the tens of millions of Americans who are addicted to local TV news.

If you thought Sinclair was bad, the new Nextstar will be broadcasting propaganda to 80% of Americans https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/fcc-lets-nexstar-buy-tegna-creating-trump-approved-broadcaster-reaching-80-of-us/

Trump FCC lets Nexstar buy Tegna and blow way past 39% TV ownership cap

Brendan Carr lets Trump-favorite Nexstar exceed national station ownership limit.

Ars Technica

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DB Mar 22

@mattsheffield Bastards. Just puts us further behind in the infowars, which we’ve been losing for years

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TJC-Mar 22

@mattsheffield
remember our oldie but goodie? "Burn your TV!"

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physicap Mar 22

@mattsheffield It's scary how the most reliable news organizations are also the smallest ones, however, this creates competition among a smaller audience. I oppose the news monopolies in every way but it helps to be optimistic.