Informative comment from a viewer of @theallinpod: “I programmed radio stations for 10 years. We knew that our license to broadcast was contingent on "serving the public interest." We had to have at least an hour of "public service" broadcasting every week (typically 3AM on Sunday when no one actually listened). We knew that if we sold advertising to one political candidate, party, or PAC, we had to make the same amount of advertising in the same dayparts at the same ad rates to the other side. If our news coverage was perceived as supporting one side of a political issue, we risked losing our license. This was the standard that every broadcaster that used public airwaves for radio or television broadcasting understood and observed. Those standards are still on the books, but the FCC stopped enforcing those standards twenty years ago because the media and the federal bureaucracy were both left leaning. Failing to enforce those standards, plus the proliferation of private sources that have no regulatory standards like cable and internet shows, has led us to where we are today.” PhilipMooremba • 9h ago(David Sacks)