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| Political payback? Congress probing FCC's quick approval of radio stations to Soros group |
| 2024-09-29 |
| [JustTheNews] Probe comes after FCC Commissioner Brendan warned review of a Soros-backed purchase of Audacy stations was taking a "shortcut" around normal procedures. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee opened an inquiry Thursday into the Federal Communications Commission's expedited approval of a deal that would give Democrat megadonor George Soros a large stake in more than 200 U.S. radio stations, alleging the body was in an effort to "interfere in the 2024 election and politicize" a body that is supposed to be independent. The investigation announced by Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., came after FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr disclosed last week to Congress that the Commission's review of a Soros-backed purchase of Audacy stations was taking a "shortcut" around its normal procedures for reviewing station deals that could result in a significant foreign stake or control. "The FCC appears to be bypassing standard processes and procedures in an unprecedented way to benefit a Democrat megadonor acquiring a major equity stake in hundreds of local radio stations across the country," the lawmakers wrote. The committee described Soros as a "financier of organizations advocating for speech restrictions and censorship of conservatives online" and said a group he was involved with was attempting to purchase $415 million in debt in a Chapter 11 reorganization of Audacy, Inc., which owns over 200 radio stations. "By all appearances, the FCC majority isn’t just expediting, but is bypassing an established process to do a favor for George Soros and facilitate his influence over hundreds of radio stations before the November election," Comer and Langworthy wrote. Related: Federal Communications Commission: 2024-06-16 Biden Has Not Connected One Person with High-Speed Internet with $42.5 Billion from Infrastructure Bill Federal Communications Commission: 2024-04-26 FCC Votes to Reinstate Net Neutrality Federal Communications Commission: 2024-04-04 2018The Population Bomb was wrong: The world now struggling to make more babies Related: Audacy 02/15/2024 Left Wing Billionaire George Soros Buying Hundreds of American Radio Stations Ahead of 2024 Election Audacy 12/16/2021 Former CIA contractors implicated in Nashville contracting killing Audacy 08/13/2021 Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore encourages people to get COVID-19 vaccine Related: George Soros 09/26/2024 Remember this FCC April 23, 2024 memo- SOROS to puchase over 220 US Radio Stations? George Soros 09/08/2024 Meet the Jewish author who has written a pithier, punchier Project 2025 George Soros 09/01/2024 MSNBC host rages after seeing polls showing Trump leading, calls Electoral College a 'suicide pact' |
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