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Same reason they put a guy at CBS as a "bias monitor":

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-fcc-cbs-ne...

They want their guy to make sure things go their way / people say the "right" things.

> a guy at CBS as a "bias monitor"

Kenneth Weinstein.

"Mr. Weinstein has had a long career in right-leaning and neoconservative public policy circles. He is a firm and vocal champion of Israel." (NyTimes)

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_R._Weinstein

Didn't expect to see the USA employing press censors in my lifetime but here we are.

In Brazil during the dictatorship it was common for newspapers to print cooking recipes in place of censored articles, now I'm waiting to see if media in the USA has the balls to play the malicious compliance game... I guess I won't see it since money is basically God in America.

One could argue they're not the same, but there has been TV broadcast censors for decades in the US. They were still least following somewhat defined laws though.

> They were still least following somewhat defined laws though.

I expect them to continue to do so, except that uncle Donald is the law now.

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