Radio is one of the last bastions of Conservative / more Right wing media. It does start to be concerning when one entity plans to buy up 235 radio stations across the U.S., especially a hyper-politically partisan activist entity, which is almost certainly not going to allow any programs with conservative content, and will implement an effective form of control and censorship. Equally as shocking, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC, under the Biden Administration) seems to be fast-tracking the approval of these sales, without any oversight and the usual procedure that would allow for scrutiny. As Billionaire George Soros Takes Control of 235 Radio Stations, AllSides Offers Path to Protect Media Integrity (prnewswire.com) The FCC Is Fast-Tracking Soros' Acquisition of 200 Radio Stations (wibc.com) (September 25, 2024) Commissioner Brendan Carr of the Federal Communications Commission is sounding the alarm over a pending purchase which would allow billionaire Democratic donor George Soros to purchase hundreds of U.S. radio stations. During a House Oversight Committee hearing last week, Carr objected to a deal that would allow a Soros-backed group to take ownership of 200 stations across 40 markets. He claimed the FCC was deviating from its normal procedure by allowing the purchase to take place. "I think what's interesting about it is that the FCC is not following its normal process for reviewing transactions that it has established over a number of years," Carr warned. "It seems to me the FCC is poised, for the first time, to create an entirely new shortcut.” The transaction would break a rule preventing more than 25% foreign ownership of U.S. radio stations, Carr alleges. Despite this, Carr claimed the agency was expediting its review process. George Soros taking 'shortcut' to buy 200 US radio stations, FCC commissioner says (nbcmontana.com) The New York Post first reported that the FCC last week "adopted an order to approve Soros's purchase of more than 200 radio stations in 40 markets just weeks before the presidential election," potentially allowing the far-left kingmaker to reach more than 165 million Americans at a critical time. "The FCC decision came after a partisan vote with the commission’s three Democrats voting for the move while the two Republicans voted against it, sources added," Post reporter Lydia Moynihan wrote. "Under existing FCC rules, foreign company ownership of US radio stations is not supposed to exceed 25%. Soros took foreign investment to make his bid and then made a filing asking the commission to make an exception to the usual review process, according to public documents," Moynihan added. "The FCC decision to fast-track his deal is the first time in modern history such a deal has been approved by the full Commission without first running the national security review process--a process that could take up to a year or more." "The FCC has a practice of permitting entities temporarily to exceed foreign ownership caps when emerging from bankruptcy--and the majority, over my objection, did so here. But that wasn’t the only way in which this item was 'fast-tracked'," Simington told Fox News Digital. "Commission leadership tried to approve the item at the staff level, with nothing but a 48-hour notice to Commissioners on a summer Friday. There is almost no factual record on the item because there was almost no attempt to do a real public interest analysis," Simington continued. "Not a single Commissioner outside of the Chairwoman was invited to even think about the issue until staff was directed to handle it on our behalf without our votes. That’s the true 'fast-track'." George Soros closer to controlling 200 radio stations despite objection from Trump-nominated FCC commissioner | Fox News
So, the FCC is against this... right? Dems? Oh wait, they seem to be on board as all the democrats on the board approved this already.... Dems... Are you really willing to give the little nazi all these local media outlets?