[digitaltrees]

To be fair to the executives. The main regulator that could essentially issue the corporate death penalty, the FCC chairman that can revoke their license to operate, literally said “we can do this the easy way or the hard way”. That’s a Dirty Harry or goodfellas quote. So much for “government shouldn’t pick winners and losers in the economy”.

[lukev]

Alternatively, perhaps it is the duty of the executives to defend their company, its viewers and employees, when confronted with unlawful and unreasonable government demands.

[teaearlgraycold]

If only they had a little money to fight back with.

[DengistKhan]

Unfortunately, Disney is just a small bean startup, there's basically no way they would be able to hire good enough lawyers and weather the storm.

[digitaltrees]

I totally agree with this but look at that statement. A company needs to fight the full force of the federal government, with an executive that has demonstrated no respect for the rule of law. That is insane. Every one needs to fight back but the federal government can stay wrong longer than you can stay solvent.

[thrance]

You really don't have to be fair to the executives. The FCC absolutely can't do shit about Jimmy Kimmel, and would lose the procedure if it ever came to it. Instead, they immediately bent the knee and decided that loyalty to the nascent fascist regime was more important that standing up against the most clear cut and unjustifiable attack to free speech in a long time.

[eusto]

FCC can decide to not let the $6.2 billion Nexstar acquisition go through. Kimmel is just part of the bribe

[_DeadFred_]

The people in charge of approval at the FCC are on this public comments submission page:

https://www.fcc.gov/transaction/nexstar-tribune

[nerdponx]

Remember when the FCC botted their own comment page in order to make it look like the public was split and ultimately against a policy change that the public is clearly in favor of?

Funny how they only did that under President Trump, but Biden's FCC never did that.

[_DeadFred_]

'We find it's fine to waive the rule that limits large media company mergers in order to protect speech because this Nexstar merger will in no way impact speech in the US'. -The FCC in the coming months

Also because some people don't seem to know this, the government can't murder a man even if he was already dying of cancer.

[digitaltrees]

I totally agreed with you. But mafia tactics work because they are terrifying. My point was this is unprecedented in American history and people are scared.