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posted ago by ghost_of_aswartz ago by ghost_of_aswartz +2828 / -0

Republicans Begin Filing FCC Complaints About Networks Who Falsely Claim Joe Biden is the ‘President-Elect’


FUX SNOOZE Trump-Deranged Gargoyle Chris Wallace Corrects HHS Sec Azar over Biden’s Title: ‘He’s the President-Elect, Sir’


We Need Lawyers to Explain to us how to circle this square of

47 CFR § 73.1217 - Broadcast hoaxes. ,

in the context of the:

Smith-Mundt Modernization Act,

specifically:

WHICH IS RIGHT?

WHICH OVERRULES THE OTHER?

Obviously SMMA is a "newer" Act; does an ACT overrule a Federal Statute?

Can this be challenged in court to determine which one "wins"?

Please explain to us in a simple language.

Thank you!!

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Bramage 84 points ago +84 / -0

Fuck that: suspend their broadcasting licenses for sedition.

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MegaMagaManX 54 points ago +54 / -0

Re-enact the Smith-Mundt act that obama repealed! Expose the fact that weaponized media propaganda has been deployed around the entire globe.

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Litecola2 2 points ago +2 / -0

When your editorial board, mai reporters and BOD are made up of ex-CIA, spouses and relatives of the government, you're government.

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Litecola2 1 point ago +1 / -0

They have specific benefits and responsibilities if they claim to be news versus opinion. Legally binding.

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ghost_of_aswartz [S] 10 points ago +10 / -0

Do you remember what happened at the end of They Live?

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Destineed369 2 points ago +2 / -0

Cashew shell oil seems to be a bit hard to find. Any substitute?

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Destineed369 2 points ago +2 / -0

Sand or sugar was my go to

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disgruntled_patriot 3 points ago +3 / -0

Fuck that: suspend the mfkers from ROPE for sedition.

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TrumpTrainNov3 1 point ago +1 / -0

The Gateway Pundit article is from November 9th. Clearly nothing has happened since then to stop it...?

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Okie_Life 73 points ago +73 / -0

I don't remember them calling him President-elect Trump, hell I barely heard them calling him President Trump the past 4 years.

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TexasPiper 45 points ago +45 / -0

Some of them can’t even bring themselves to say it and disrespect him and the office by calling him Mr. Trump. It’s disgraceful.

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MegaMagaManX 18 points ago +18 / -0

Whilst they still love to apply the title to obama every chance the can...

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SyNiKaLiTy 6 points ago +6 / -0

Proof they're in on the fix and every fucking single one of the talking media heads, execs and supporting staff need to be quartered and shot for this level of implied treason.

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superchump555 23 points ago +23 / -0

MSM Assets would be confiscated for Free. Fake News CNN already liability for AT&T

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LibertarianWalkz 20 points ago +20 / -0

What the fuck is an FCC Complaint going to do?

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FuckTheOtherSide 7 points ago +7 / -0

I'm actually shocked to see this thread because I randomly filed a complaint yesterday after looking up what their rules were for broadcast content. I was pissed off watching ABC News lie so I reported them & demanded they take action. They're getting a new FCC chair so maybe they'll actually do something for a change.

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acasper 5 points ago +5 / -0

FCC Complaints actually do sometimes get things done. I’ve filed a few and been contacted within about a week or so with a resolution. One of the only interactions with government that I’ve been satisfied with.

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not_this_shit_again 2 points ago +2 / -0

What was it about?

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Jimmy_Russler 7 points ago +7 / -0

If they tongue the media's anus it would suffice until their treason trials

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sybo 9 points ago +9 / -0

Any citizen can file a restraining order, it is simple, effect, and holds serious legal weight if filed correctly. Do a write up of the complaint, file a restraining order, and if enough citizens do this the courts will take it seriously, not to mentiont the main stream media will begin to shake in their boots!

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K-Harbour 9 points ago +9 / -0

73.1217 is the war of the worlds law.

Almost impossible to apply.

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Oldguard08 5 points ago +5 / -0

Yeah, that law you have to show substantial harm to the public.

Note: For purposes of this rule, “public harm” must begin immediately, and cause direct and actual damage to property or to the health or safety of the general public, or diversion of law enforcement or other public health and safety authorities from their duties. The public harm will be deemed foreseeable if the licensee could expect with a significant degree of certainty that public harm would occur. A “crime” is any act or omission that makes the offender subject to criminal punishment by law. A “catastrophe” is a disaster or imminent disaster involving violent or sudden event affecting the public. [57 FR 28640, June 26, 1992]

Sauce: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/73.1217

        https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/guides/hoaxes
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Oldguard08 7 points ago +7 / -0

They might be filing under this provision though
Broadcasting false content during news programming The FCC is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing on First Amendment rights of the press. It is, however, illegal for broadcasters to intentionally distort the news, and the FCC may act on complaints if there is documented evidence of such behavior from persons with direct personal knowledge. For more information, please see our consumer guide, Complaints About Broadcast Journalism.
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/broadcasting-false-information

Where to file complaints: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/complaints-about-broadcast-journalism

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MorbidlyOBeast 6 points ago +6 / -0

CFRs are just rules made by government agencies. The are trumped by actual federal law if they are inconsistent.

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sybo 6 points ago +6 / -0

file restraining orders!!!!!!!!!! Restraining Orders work!

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Jimmy_Russler 5 points ago +5 / -0

Nice, hold these gaslighting commie fucks accountable 👌

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highmoves 5 points ago +5 / -0

It’s annoying. Notice how msm never mentions Biden without the president elect in front. It’s straight up psy-op optics shit.

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eplettner 5 points ago +5 / -0

Shit's getting real now. The world is about to come crashing down on the Democrats.

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smartass 8 points ago +8 / -0

doesn't really work for a sitting president

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Granny 2 points ago +2 / -0

Oh ya, guess I'll delete that...

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Me2020 1 point ago +1 / -0

You can file a complaint. So quit bitchin

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boomerbutnotOKBoomer 2 points ago +2 / -0

First - a reminder that Jimmy Wales is Deep State (owner of Wikipedia) and extremely wealthy.

Second, never ever get your information from Jimmy if you can find it elsewhere. Especially on a piece of legislation that illegitimate President Hussein pushed through to make propaganda easier. Wikipedia is one of the main engines of propaganda, as it is often used as a "source" when it can be edited overnight to say whatever the editors want it to say.

Here is the way the creators of this abomination intended to shield US MSM from any charges of propaganda peddling described their own legislation. Subtle and not so subtle circle jerk by the usual suspects:

Facts About Smith-Mundt Modernization - USAGM Search domain www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/oversight/legislation/smith-mundt-faqs/https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/oversight/legislation/smith-mundt-faqs/ Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) and Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-TX), co-sponsored the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act, which was introduced in 2010 and made part of a larger piece of legislation in 2012. The new law will let people across America see and hear the valuable news reported by the Agency's accomplished journalists.

The following is an effective rebuttal to the above self-congratulatory BS we have come to expect from the swamp:

The Horrible Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 (SMMA ... Search domain highlander.com/blog/early-morning-thoughts/the-horrible-smith-mundt-modernization-act-of-2012-smma/https://highlander.com/blog/early-morning-thoughts/the-horrible-smith-mundt-modernization-act-of-2012-smma/ The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, was eventually buried within the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (section 1078 (a)), passed into public law, effective on January 2, 2013, and the SMMA portion amended the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 and the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1987, allowing for materials produced by the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to be available within the United States.

Essentially, Obama pushed this "modernization" through (HINT - always think of the opposite word when a Demoncrat is creating a PR piece for anything that will affect all of us.)

This Bill was a license to put Fake News out there and confuse the shit out of the public. Not that they hadn't been doing it for centuries. But this just shields them from pissed off citizens.

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FuckTheOtherSide 2 points ago +2 / -0

Woah... I randomly filed an FCC complaint yesterday unprompted. I'm glad I'm not the only one! Please follow suit pedes!!!

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Make_More 2 points ago +2 / -0

Good! Everyone should do this!

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remindmelater 2 points ago +2 / -0

hell. yea...do it...

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onetruecliff 2 points ago +2 / -0

Ahh... fuck Chris Wallace with a rusty statue of a cactus, that pompous little putrid prick.

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ikuyas 1 point ago +1 / -0

He is a criminal.

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SyNiKaLiTy 1 point ago +1 / -0

There can be no president elect, per precedent set in 2000, without a concession from the other side. Trump has NOT conceded, therefore there is no such thing as the "President Elect" and subsequently, no such thing as the "Office of...."

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LifeInsuranceCapital 1 point ago +1 / -0

It's your local TV and radio stations that have FCC broadcast licenses. It's those licenses which are subject to public comment when they come up for renewal.

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Cherioldtown 1 point ago +1 / -0

It's about time! Where the heck have they been? We need to take the lying scums licenses away..at the very lest... hanging or firing range is preferred..

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PlebbitorDestroyer 1 point ago +1 / -0

Great post, but let's keep in mind:

Published November 9, 2020 at 8:06pm

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Xenovista 1 point ago +1 / -0

About time.

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mikethemarine 1 point ago +1 / -0

This won't hurt them, cause obuma removed the law that prohibited propaganda and truth in advertising so those BASTARDS can lie as much as they want and there isn't a fucking thing we can do to them, that's why the traitor did it

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mortymbg13 1 point ago +1 / -0

We should all join in on this?

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raytheater 1 point ago +1 / -0

1 month later.... welcome to the battle assholes!

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RS34ME 1 point ago +1 / -0

I was listening to a rock station on SiriusXM last weekend and the DJ actually referred to him as President Biden. I immediately was pissed and sick to my stomach. It completely ruined the Metallica song that came on next.😔

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