[Viking2002]

I used to have (and use) a 3rd class commercial FCC ticket eons ago - something about this doesn't smell right. Maybe one of you legal types out there can enlighten me: isn't there some sort of legal caveat, or violation of broadcast charter, that expressly prohibits a commercially-licensed entity to act as an agent of any government entity, unless specifically entering into a for-profit contract for pre-defined advertising purposes or in time of national emergency? Does any of that ring a bell with someone? Either this is a gross violation of federal broadcast regulations, or it's a chasmic, Statist exploitation loophole that needs to be closed when/if we can regain power from these subversives. I'd love to see the former materialize, and be able to revoke the broadcast licenses of the alphabet networks in violation.

[GVnana]

Yeah, but Nancy Pelosi will pull your ticket if you complain.

[FastCoyote]

I think an FCC protest would be in order. Though there is no Fairness Doctrine per se, one might argue for collusion between a network and its regulator government. We aren’t infringing on anyones free speech campaign. I think even PBS has some rules, they might apply here if ABC is acting instead of PBS..

[CutePuppy]

They are not acting as “an agent of any government entity,” rather said government entity kindly allowed people “more access” to everyday process of government than “very secretive” previous administration, from which this “government entity” inherited all kinds of domestic and foreign policy problems.

Without the sarcasm, though, I’d always prefer to deal with the entities that are self-assured enough to allow themselves to drop the pretense and the masks of impartiality, evenhandedness or morality.

As they say, “now that I know who you are, we can talk about the price” and it didn’t cost us anything to find out who they are. That’s the kind of transparency we should welcome, not complain about!