FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

https://www.propublica.org/article/fcc-paramount-gifts-brendan-carr-ethics-complaint-warner-bros-merger

Two government watchdog groups have demanded investigations into whether Federal Communications Commission members violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as the company sought government approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 20 pts · 36d

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 36d (1 reply)

JFC! WTF?! We used to put people in prison for years for that kind of blatant corruption.

WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 36d

It was always highly selective. There were always those that were above the law, and unlikely to ever face consequences no matter what crimes they committed.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot

The difference is that the corruption of the oligarchy has expanded in scale and scope. That's what happens when criminals are not held accountable.

obvs@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 36d

Shocking...

minfapper@piefed.social · 6 pts · 36d (1 reply)

Oh no! Complaints. However will they wether the complaints ?!

Tronn4@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 35d

With a strongly worded letter of course!

moistclump@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 35d

Good, I hope they investigate and hold these people accountable. If we just roll our eyes and say “large corporations be like that” then it normalizes it.