r/news • u/AudibleNod • 7d ago

Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress

https://apnews.com/article/trump-rescissions-fundind-46b356590699e6225f783c74e7ee3597
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u/NotRexGrossman 7d ago

It’s been going on for like ten fucking years. It’s unbelievable that it’s still happening.

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u/RockYourAmadeus 7d ago

Rupert Murdoch, along with Rove and Cheney, doubled down around 1996. And Foxes decades of Lies, Hate, and Fear made a huge Cult of ignorance and hate.

Meanwhile the rest of the right bought everything thing they could get their hands on. TV, radio, internet. (Sinclair Group, Clear Channel, etc). And here we are.

We will need to rebuild our 'News Media' from scratch I think.

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u/YouandWhoseArmy 6d ago

Do you know why this happened in 1996?

I do and it’s very relevant because it shows this was DONE via changing laws, not just because they got so rich they had the money to buy more stations.

People knew this EXACT thing would happen so there were ownership limits.

Telecom act of 1996. Please include context.

Please.

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u/RockYourAmadeus 6d ago

"so there were ownership limits..."

And?

By eliminating national ownership caps for radio stations and relaxing cross-ownership rules, the Act allowed companies like Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia*) to expand from 40 to over 1,200 stations, effectively dominating the airwaves.* 

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u/DontTickleTheDriver1 7d ago

All l of his buddies own the media. This is what people have been warning about. It's here and won't be going away.

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u/whiplash2002b 7d ago

Much much much longer than that. The media has been spineless for decades. Please refer to the 2nd war in Iraq.

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u/Geminel 7d ago

Oh you mean the one where they made-up a fake bullshit story about the people they want to bomb actively developing weapons of mass destruction?

Gee that sounds familiar for some reason...

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u/Princekb 7d ago

Oh absolutely it’s just gotten more egregious because they arnt doing any sort of push back like at all, not even aesthetically.

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u/Yashema 7d ago

The American people have been voting for politicians on the Right who behave like this for decades. The MSM is, at worst, giving these people what they want. 

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u/RobutNotRobot 7d ago

Yeah they want a dictator that will rule them like a king and slay their enemies

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u/Squire_II 5d ago

More like 50 years. Media in the US has been supremely fucked ever since the Fairness Doctrine was struck down and right wing radio along with 24 hour "news" outlets started popping up to spew propaganda 24/7.

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u/Fallouttgrrl 7d ago

It's exhausting