The FCC Just Said One Company Can Own All Your Local TV Stations
Local news is about to get a lot less local after a massive deregulation vote.
The FCC just voted to toss out the rule that stopped one company from owning enough stations to reach 39% of the country. For two decades, this cap was the only thing keeping national conglomerates from turning every local news station into a cookie-cutter feed.
Brendan Carr and Olivia Trusty pushed this through on a party-line vote, claiming they were just removing outdated red tape. Meanwhile, Anna Gomez warned that this won't actually help local broadcasters; it just shifts the power to national giants who will dictate what airs from a boardroom thousands of miles away.
The entire concept of 'local' news is now legally optional. Whether Donald Trump allies start snapping up regional affiliates to turn them into massive national mouthpieces is now just a matter of who has the biggest checkbook.
Source: FCC
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