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

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/fcc-lets-nexstar-buy-tegna-creating-trump-approved-broadcaster-reaching-80-of-us/

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paranoia@feddit.dk · 53 pts · 154d (1 reply)

The companies in this article all sound like parodies to me

Kirp123@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 154d
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 40 pts · 154d (2 replies)

Too big to fail just happens to ALSO be too big to care.

FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 154d (1 reply)

Too big for anyone to stop them.

SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 154d

Yea, my DECADES long boycott of Nestle has not bothered them one bit.

That one is hard to stay away from.

JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 37 pts · 154d

State media here we come!

minorkeys@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 154d (1 reply)

We can all just like, stop watching the obvious propaganda machine they're building, maybe? Anyone in? No? Just gonna let them control everything, including our thoughts and feelings? Okay. Cool.

reddig33@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 152d

There are unfortunately a lot of stupid people in the US who will watch and believe whatever slop they are fed. See Fox News for example.

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 152d

This guy is the most useless piece of shit ever.

Doesn't bother doing the important work, but threatens media companies over their content.

Fuck all of these people.

kurmudgeon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 154d (4 replies)

Imagine caring about "TV" still in 2026. Maybe it's just me, but I haven't watched cable or over-the-air television in nearly 20 years. If I can't stream it or pirate it and play it off my NAS, I haven't watched it.

Bakkoda@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 154d

It's just you. I haven't had cable since I was a kid but I recognize plenty of people do. I recognize that the Internet is most likely compromised and your access to it is tenuous at best right now. I recognize millions of Americans get ALL of their news from a single source of cable TV news.

j0ester@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 153d (1 reply)

I know what you mean, but seems like these companies are trying to buy up everything to take more control… and destroy several News Media.

kurmudgeon@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 153d

Oh, that's exactly what they're doing. But they're not going to beat me personally, because I don't participate in their programming.

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 152d

Still has a lot of influence.