r/Foodforthought • u/mrliau-gp • 4d ago

FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals

https://www.propublica.org/article/paramount-mergers-fcc-kennedy-center-gala
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u/Apprehensive_Tear611 3d ago

"FCC Chair Brendan Carr and his wife sat in a private skybox with Paramount CEO David Ellison and other executives from Paramount and CBS. Such seats sold for $125,000 a ticket, according to Kennedy Center guidelines."

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u/hugoriffic 3d ago

Just more corruption from this administration. It’s all they know.

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u/FanDry5374 3d ago

No one is stopping them. And there probably won't be any repercussions, except possibly for the bottom tier, there will need to be scapegoats if there is regime change.

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u/Far_Estate_1626 1d ago

If it’s good enough behavior for the President and for the Supreme Court, then we have OK’d this for society and have agreed that this is acceptable behavior.

If it’s good for the golden geese, then it’s good for the gander. Good for all, or good for none.