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I wonder what storied man-of-the-people and "very stable genius" Donald Trump will have to say on this matter?

Will his FCC chair appointment be on the side of the people, or will there be another 'unfortunate accident' of Trump hiring another generic pro-corporate-explotation Republican?

Only time will tell.

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It’s looking like a project 2025 author, which is shocking, really.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/trumps-likely-fc...

Indeed. Imagine Ajit Pai but now 3 steps further to the right, and emboldened to punish media and communication companies who don't do enough to promote "conservative speech". It's all in Project 2025 and beyond Orwellian. They are planning to take pages right out of Putin and Xe's media control playbook. We've already seen the likes of Besos pre-emotively complying before Trump was even elected.

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