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FCC Chair Brendan Carr Wants TV Broadcasters to Air “America First” Coverage for Country’s 250th Anniversary
Broadcasters are encouraged, for example, to begin each day's broadcasts by airing "The Star-Spangled Banner" or Pledge of Allegiance. FCC Chair Brendan Carr Wants TV Broadcasters to Air “America First” Coverage for Country’s 250th Anniversary Chris Coplan
FCC Confirms “Enforcement Action” Against Talk Shows
Carr also commented on CBS's decision to pull an interview off The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. FCC Confirms “Enforcement Action” Against Talk Shows Wren Graves
FCC launches probe into iHeartMedia’s alleged payola practices
The FCC is examining if iHeartMedia's artist compensation practices at its annual country festival involve improper “payola.” FCC Launches Probe Into iHeartMedia’s Alleged Payola Practices Jo Vito
Donald Trump’s bias hawk FCC nominee one step closer to confirmation
On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee voted to advance the nomination of Nathan Simington, a Republican in favor of greater government oversight of speech on the internet, to the Federal Communications Commission. Simington’s nomination now awaits a floor vote for final approval. President Donald Trump nominated Simington to be the next Republican FCC Commissioner in September. If approved, Simington would fill Republican Commissioner Mike O’Reilly’s seat, leaving the agency at 2-2 deadlock when Chairman Ajit Pai steps down on January 20th. Without a Democratic majority at the FCC, the Biden administration will likely have difficulties rolling through any major policy measures until another nominee is vetted and approved. In August, Trump abruptly withdrew O’Reilly’s renomination for...
CERN Wants to Build a New 100 Kilometre Long Super-Collider Worth $23 Billion
Sourced from CERN. The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s highest-energy particle collider at 27 kilometres in length. It is also the largest machine ever built by human hands, according to CNET. Now, the machine’s operators, the European Organization for Nuclear Research – CERN, is planning to build a second, even larger collider. This one could end up being 100km, almost four times the size, and may cost up to $23 billion to produce. The collider will be used to further study the Higgs Boson particle. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_5c5.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_5c5.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Having been further popularised due to CBS’ smash-hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory, Higgs Bosons are a type of particle theorized by Peter Higgs and five other scientists back in ...
