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minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·7 hours agoDo the stations have to broadcast it? Can’t they just say ‘we think it is reprehensible to turn an execution into a public spectacle’?
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoNo. They will have an open and shut case under the first amendment to choose not to broadcast. We still largely have the freedom of speech in this country, such as it is.
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoWe’d really like it if all of your affiliate stations would broadcast this. It would be a shame if your license renewal got held up in review.
minus-squarecantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 hours agoYes, but the people running the FCC are petty and will punish them for it. Still, it’s an obvious PR win to take a morale stand over this.
Do the stations have to broadcast it? Can’t they just say ‘we think it is reprehensible to turn an execution into a public spectacle’?
No. They will have an open and shut case under the first amendment to choose not to broadcast. We still largely have the freedom of speech in this country, such as it is.
We’d really like it if all of your affiliate stations would broadcast this. It would be a shame if your license renewal got held up in review.
Yes, but the people running the FCC are petty and will punish them for it. Still, it’s an obvious PR win to take a morale stand over this.