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The Washington Post (archive link) reports:
President Trump came to the defense of Sinclair Broadcast Group's proposed merger with Tribune Media, days after the Federal Communications Commission raised "serious concerns" about the deal and began legal proceedings to challenge it on grounds the companies had misled regulators.
Trump said Tuesday that it was "So sad and unfair" that the FCC, an independent agency, did not approve the merger, a $3.9 billion transaction that would create a conservative television giant that originally hoped to reach roughly 70 percent of U.S. households.
In his tweet, the president stressed how the deal would provide a "conservative voice for and of the People," though politics are not supposed to factor into merger considerations.
"Liberal Fake News NBC and Comcast gets approved, much bigger, but not Sinclair. Disgraceful!" the president tweeted.
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Friday August 03 2018, @12:21PM (6 children)
Of course as always it must be a "tweet"(R)(TM) rather than "he said" or "he posted". And all communications to the consumertard masses MUST be made through the private third party web site Twitter(R)(TM).
(Score: 2, Insightful) by EEMac on Friday August 03 2018, @12:49PM (4 children)
It's a good fit for him, and doesn't censor or twist his words. It's even open for commentary from the many people who don't like him. What's so terrible about this?
(Score: 2) by Snow on Friday August 03 2018, @09:40PM (3 children)
I'd say that it 'cheapens' the presidency. Twitter is a platform that is designed to lack depth.
When a president posts something, you shouldn't have to wonder if they typed it up while taking a shit.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03 2018, @10:29PM (2 children)
Why do you use the SJW pronoun "they"? The president is an individual, not a group, and always a male. The word you were looking for is "he".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03 2018, @10:40PM
Why did you get so triggered by the word "they"? Do you think there should be only one Approved Way to say everything?
Shakespeare used "they" in this way, so I don't know what you're sobbing about.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03 2018, @10:58PM
I thought the word he was looking for was "dumbass".
(Score: 5, Insightful) by DannyB on Friday August 03 2018, @01:39PM
Never before have we had the blessing of a technology that allows the president, in his very own words, to express to the entire world just how unthinkingly stupid, naive, short sighted, petty and vindictive he actually is. Available for all to read. A permanent monument to the monumentally stupid.
I hope he keeps playing with his Tweeter. It might keep the rest of us safe from what other harms he could do.
Now if only the military could modernize their systems so that nuclear missiles could be launched from twitter. An excellent use of taxpayer money.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.