Trump’s FCC Might Have A Tool To Make Liberals Who Control Broadcast TV More Accountable
President Donald J. Trump continues to shake Washington to its core, highlighting and reforming issues that have been on the back burner for decades. For the media establishment, this is like touching the third rail.
For generations, from Dan Rather to Jimmy Kimmel, Americans have been force-fed a steady diet of liberalism from the big three television channels. Ending the ownership cap would allow conservative local broadcasters to compete with the likes of networks such as ABC and force broadcasts to actually reflect the country’s values.
The national ownership cap was first adopted in 1941, long before YouTube, streaming services, and even cable TV. Current regulations forbid any one broadcaster from owning stations that reach more than 39 percent of American households.
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), which represents broadcast stations, vehemently opposes the cap. A brief sent by the NAB to the FCC back in August didn’t hold back: the ownership cap, it says, “unfairly and improperly skews the market in favor of streaming platforms and other national and international technology and media conglomerates.” It adds, “No other medium faces even a remotely similar restriction.”
That’s another reason to eliminate the cap: not just politics but business sense. As Netflix and HBO compete for viewers, affiliate owners are hamstrung from engaging in the same nationwide competition. This has made broadcast stations less efficient and less responsive to their customers. No wonder Jimmy Kimmel is still on the air. No wonder broadcast TV viewership is declining.
It’s time for Trump’s FCC to bring broadcast TV into the 21st century.
Nowadays, the Left controls CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, NPR, PBS, Hulu, YouTube, and half of TikTok.
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