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Displaying all articles tagged:
Fcc
he’s running
Dec. 1, 2021
Pennsylvania and New York Pull
The Dr. Oz Show
During Senate Campaign
The equal-time rule strikes again.
By
Bethy Squires
no-no’s
Aug. 15, 2019
A Single Monologue Cost
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
$395,000
Do not replicate the Emergency Alert sound unless you have a few hundred grand to spare.
By
Bethy Squires
comedy v politics
Mar. 17, 2019
Live From Twitter, It’s Donald Trump Threatening
SNL
With Federal Investigations
The reruns were triggering.
By
Devon Ivie
our national nightmare is over
Feb. 14, 2019
The Beginning of the End of Robocalls
By the end of 2019, spam phone calls could be on the ropes.
By
Jake Swearingen
spam phone calls
Nov. 6, 2018
FCC Says Carriers Have Until 2019 to Stop Robocalls
The FCC is just as sick and tired of constant spam calls as you are.
By
Jake Swearingen
select all
Oct. 1, 2018
Justice Department Sues California Over Net-Neutrality Law
Jeff Sessions was ready and waiting.
By
Brian Feldman
select all
Sept. 12, 2018
How New FCC Rollbacks Could Cut Off Rural Americans From the Internet
Nearly 24 percent of all rural Americans reported major barriers to high-speed internet access.
By
Mack DeGeurin
select all
Aug. 8, 2018
Targeted ‘Attack’ on FCC Was Just John Oliver Fans
The FCC inspector general disputes a previous claim about a DDoS attack.
By
Mack DeGeurin
July 16, 2018
FCC Throws Wrench Into Sinclair Media Megadeal
It once seemed inevitable that the conservative juggernaut would further its local news reach, but no longer.
By
Benjamin Hart
Mar. 28, 2018
Local News Is Turning Into Trump TV, Even Though Their Viewers Don’t Want It
Americans prefer unbiased local news. But media consolidation makes it profitable for stations to broadcast biased
national
news, anyway.
By
Eric Levitz
select all
Dec. 15, 2017
Harlem Shake Creator Is ‘Taking Action’ Against FCC Chairman for His Awful Video
FCC chairman Ajit Pai used Harlem Shake in an anti-net-neutrality video earlier this week.
By
Paris Martineau
last night on late night
Dec. 15, 2017
Late-Night Shows Slam Net-Neutrality Vote, Host Funeral for the Internet
“The only thing that should slow your internet speed is the number of people also sitting in Starbucks working on their screenplays.”
By
Hunter Harris
Nov. 24, 2017
Fake Americans Dominated the Net-Neutrality Debate
Bots inundated the FCC with anti-net-neutrality comments. And the Trump administration is hampering an investigation into how that happened.
By
Eric Levitz
select all
Nov. 22, 2017
The Fight Over Net Neutrality Is a Protection Racket
Nice internet you have there — a shame if something happened to it.
By
Jacob Silverman
select all
Nov. 21, 2017
Without Net Neutrality, What Happens to My Netflix?
It’s net neutrality versus Netflix, and you’ll be the loser.
By
Brian Feldman
select all
Nov. 20, 2017
Here’s How the FCC Plans to Ruin the Open Internet
A big win for telecom and a huge loss for everyone else.
By
Brian Feldman
Nov. 16, 2017
Trump’s FCC Clears the Way for Big Players to Dominate Local News
For the first time since 1975, a right-wing billionaire can now own a newspaper
and
a TV station in the same media market.
By
Eric Levitz
select all
Oct. 17, 2017
GAO to Investigate Fishy Claims That FCC Comment System Was ‘Hacked’
The public was supposed to deliver feedback on net-neutrality rollbacks when the weirdest thing happened: The FCC got hacked!
By
Jake Swearingen
select all
Sept. 28, 2017
FCC Asks Apple to Activate FM Radio Chip That Doesn’t Exist
The secret FM radio in your phone could save your life. If Apple will turn it on.
By
Paris Martineau
select all
July 27, 2017
Steve Bannon Has a Good Idea, Not That He’s Going to Do Anything About It
How else do you stop the globalist Facebook conspiracy?
By
Brian Feldman
select all
July 13, 2017
Net-Neutrality Protests Result in Millions of Comments to the Government
The FCC and Congress have a lot of reading to do.
By
Brian Feldman
select all
July 12, 2017
The Free, Open Internet Is Doomed for the Foreseeable Future
Why raise your voice when nobody is willing to listen?
By
Brian Feldman
select all
May 18, 2017
FCC Begins Effort to Let Your Cable Company Screw You
The commission opened debate on rolling back consumer protections.
By
Brian Feldman
May 15, 2017
John Oliver Gives an Update on the FCC’s Net-Neutrality Comments Section
Because of a weird FCC quirk, you should pause your net-neutrality outrage for the time being.
By
Hunter Harris
select all
May 10, 2017
Bots Are Fighting for Control of the FCC’s Comments Section
Someone’s using the names and addresses of real people to flood the zone against net neutrality.
By
Brian Feldman
feuds
May 8, 2017
The FCC Insists That John Oliver’s Audience
Did Not
Crash Its Comments Section
The FCC would very much like to be excluded from this narrative.
By
Hunter Harris
controversies
May 8, 2017
WGA Comes to Stephen Colbert’s Defense Against FCC and #FireColbert Controversy
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai is incurring late night’s wrath.
By
Hunter Harris
select all
Mar. 31, 2017
It’s Time for a Grassroots Movement Toward Better Online Privacy
Congress won’t fight for you. Corporations won’t protect you. It’s only going to get worse.
By
Brian Feldman
select all
Mar. 29, 2017
FCC Shifts Broadband-Subsidy Oversight to States Incapable of Handling It
It’s a move that benefits monopolies and punishes smaller ISPs.
By
Brian Feldman
select all
Feb. 15, 2017
GOP Senator Wants to Let Your ISP Sell Your Info to Advertisers Again
Another consumer protection could quickly get rolled back under the new Washington regime.
By
Brian Feldman
select all
Feb. 3, 2017
The FCC Blocks 9 ISPs From Providing Broadband Access to the Poor
The FCC wants to cut back on government programs that increase access.
By
Brian Feldman
select all
Sept. 29, 2016
The Mobile Emergency-Alert System Is Getting an Upgrade
The character limit will quadruple, for more precise messages.
By
Brian Feldman
the internet
Mar. 16, 2016
The FCC Wants to Let Us Choose What the Internet Knows About Us
Ever wonder why you get travel ads after you visit Expedia.com?
By
Samuel Lieberman
select all
Mar. 8, 2016
FCC Proposes Internet Subsidy for Low-Income Households
The internet is now a necessity, not a luxury.
By
Brian Feldman
equal time
Nov. 9, 2015
Trump Rivals Can Get 12 Minutes of NBC Airtime
Thanks to FCC rules.
By
Nate Jones
secret history of television
July 29, 2015
Secret History of TV: Who First Said ‘Motherf*cker’ in a Show?
Find out in this episode of “Vulture’s Secret History of Television.”
By
Abraham Riesman,
Ryan McGee,
and
Margaret Lyons
dick in a box?
Apr. 10, 2015
The Best FCC Complaints About ‘Dick in a Box’
And “Djesus Unchained.”
By
Nate Jones
Apr. 10, 2015
Read a Bunch of Hilarious Recent FCC Complaints About ‘Saturday Night Live’
These days, most SNL fans and haters go the internet route to voice their complaints about the show, but there are still plenty of people who […]
By
Megh Wright
Feb. 27, 2015
How Net Neutrality, Unloved by Very Powerful People, Made It
Why did the Obama administration go net-neutrality crazy last fall?
By
Jaime Fuller
Feb. 26, 2015
FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules, and Broadband Companies Are Miffed
Verizon protests with Morse code and typewriters.
By
Jaime Fuller
Dec. 31, 2014
FCC Complaint: When Did Grainy Images of My Own Future Demise Become […]
Dear FCC Goldbrickers, My apologies if this complaint letter tends to ramble or does not fit a prescribed format. It is the first such letter […]
By
Brian Boone
June 5, 2014
John Oliver Reacts to Accusations of Crashing the FCC Website
On his new show Last Week Tonight this week, John Oliver encouraged fans to head to the FCC website to complain about cable companies […]
By
Bradford Evans
Nov. 6, 2013
‘Conan’ Fined $25,000 by the FCC for Using Emergency Alert Sounds
Like yelling fire in a crowded theater, it is apparently very illegal to use emergency alerts on television when there’s no emergency. The […]
By
Elise Czajkowski
Oct. 18, 2013
Here Are a Bunch of FCC Complaints About ‘The Simpsons’
The website Government Attic obtained a list of indecency complaints the FCC has received from viewers about The Simpsons from 2010 to 2013, […]
By
Bradford Evans
complaint box
Sept. 15, 2013
Here Are the Miley Complaints Sent to the FCC
Plus, some suggestions for rectifying her evil.
By
Delia Paunescu
Aug. 26, 2013
The FCC Banned The Latest Episode of Fox’s ‘High School USA!’
Fox’s new animated sitcom High School USA!, part of its Saturday night ADHD block, is running into trouble from the FCC. Creator Dino […]
By
Bradford Evans
ink-stained wretches
Feb. 5, 2013
Rupert Murdoch Waiting Around for Rules to Change Before Buying More Newspapers
The FCC is taking forever.
By
Joe Coscarelli
last night on late night
Apr. 26, 2012
Late Night: The
30 Rock
Cast Played Charades
Plus: Adam Levine talked
American Horror Story
, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
By
Caroline Shin
holdovers
Aug. 22, 2011
The Fairness Doctrine Is Off the Books
The FCC finally vanquishes the ghost of “balanced discussion.”
By
Caroline Bankoff
early and often
Mar. 16, 2011
The Former Heads of the FCC and FHA Will Soon Be Lobbying for the Industries They Regulated
D.C.’s revolving door and the “Mercedes divide.”
By
Nitasha Tiku
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