saturation.social is part of the decentralized social network powered by Mastodon.
A small group of people who remember when social media was more social, and less media.

Administered by:

Server stats:

15
active users

Learn more

Clive Thompson

This is terrible, and expectedly so, from an administration that is following the fascist playbook of hitting hard on media outlets to get them in line

It’s depressing and angering that CBS is going along with it

anticipatory obedience by major media is of course dreadful

Gift link: nytimes.com/2025/01/31/busines

President Trump sued CBS last year for $10 billion and accused the network of deceptively editing the interview with Vice President Harris in a manner that benefited her candidacy.
The New York Times · CBS to Hand Over Transcript of Kamala Harris’s ‘60 Minutes’ Interview to FCCBy Michael M. Grynbaum

@clive

> "Many executives at Paramount believe that settling the suit could help pave the way for the F.C.C. to approve Paramount’s planned multibillion-dollar merger with another company."

So Donald gets a billion dollar payout, CBS is suitably whipped and backs off ever criticizing the Great Man again, and Paramount gets closer to becoming another monopoly that is beyond the law.

What's the problem? Everybody wins.

Cool and normal.