.@brianstelter With all due respect, authoritarianism doesn't start from scratch, it begins by exploiting pre-existing mechanisms of control
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If the FCC takes unusual or drastic action against CBS stations, then I'll be covering that story. But that hasn't happened yet
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That sounds like the right choice! I specifically said "looks like" instead of making an unqualified declaration.
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This is a moment in which even the tiniest red flags deserve public attention. Putin's Russia didn't happen overnight either.
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I respect your opinion about that. This just isn't what government censorship looks like.
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Certainly seems like what could be early stages, but, as you said, it depends what happens next. Where do you see the line?
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Oh? do they publicly investigate ALL the complaints - because I feel like we would have heard more often in celebrity gossip columns?
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what do you mean by "publicly?" the FCC chairman answered Q's from conservative media hosts about this
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I'm that host. He was very clear they are simply following standard operating procedure like in every other instance there's a complaint.
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That was my impression as well, thanks for confirming
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Would appreciate you giving my show proper attribution going forward. Thank you.
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I think our story did? http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/05/media/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-fcc/index.html … should this be updated?
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It mentions the station but not the show name
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Thanks Brian
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Brian, with respect, you don't know what you're talking about. The bar for obscenity is extraordinarily high. This plainly doesn't meet it
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right -- that's why i said this is "the FCC doing what the FCC always does." nothing unusual.
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No. It's unusual for the FCC to "investigate" a statement where there's no factual dispute and facts don't come to close to standard.
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no one from the FCC said they are "investigating." The Hill said that, and the site is prone to exaggeration.
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Stipulating that The Hill is awful (I blocked them so I don't see their stuff), I listened to the chairman's remarks. It's different
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He gives weight to something which is clearly baseless. He accuses past FCC admin of not investigating obscenity claims.
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And when the host tries to get him to say he's not like morality crusading FCC of 80s, he avers and says "we are duty bound."
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So: censorship? Or course not. But this could be a warning shot--or an FCC chairman kissing up to potus
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