
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel sent shockwaves across the TV landscape — but there are many other ways the FCC is using pressure to shape the media. Jim Rutenberg, writer at large for The New York Times Magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the role of the FCC during President Trump’s time in office, the degree to which the agency is able to regulate programming it deems too partisan, and why local stations face the brunt of the punishment. His article is “The MAGA Plan to Take Over TV Is Just Beginning.”
By KERA4.7
894894 ratings
The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel sent shockwaves across the TV landscape — but there are many other ways the FCC is using pressure to shape the media. Jim Rutenberg, writer at large for The New York Times Magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the role of the FCC during President Trump’s time in office, the degree to which the agency is able to regulate programming it deems too partisan, and why local stations face the brunt of the punishment. His article is “The MAGA Plan to Take Over TV Is Just Beginning.”

21,954 Listeners

43,837 Listeners

32,246 Listeners

38,430 Listeners

6,881 Listeners

30,609 Listeners

43,687 Listeners

38,950 Listeners

9,238 Listeners

4,022 Listeners

10,387 Listeners

6,467 Listeners

339 Listeners

4,696 Listeners

16,512 Listeners