Post by @ProPublica@newsie.social

NEW: Months after FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, she and a guest accepted Kennedy Center gala tickets from the company worth more than $12,000.

https://www.propublica.org/article/paramount-mergers-fcc-kennedy-center-gala?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #FCC #Entertainment #USPolitics #CBS #Paramount #Business #Ethics

ProPublica

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

Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of tickets by CBS or its parent company.

#fcc #cbs #paramount #ethics #entertainment #business #uspolitics #news

HumanBeing

@bedifferent@mastodon.social 2 hours ago

@ProPublica I'm glad I'm old and at this point, it's a recording.

mark

@iamnotU@mastodon.social 3 hours ago

@ProPublica and she call herself Trusty. there's a nerve.

TJC-

@TJC_2@mastodon.social 3 hours ago

@ProPublica
Par for the MAGA course.

Netraven

@Netraven@hear-me.social 3 hours ago

@ProPublica lol what kennedy center gala? you mean the one Trump wrecked?

Legit_Spaghetti

@Legit_Spaghetti@mastodo.neoliber.al 3 hours ago

@ProPublica

Pricey Gifts

Bribes. The word you're looking for, dear ProPublica editor, is bribes.

Sassinake! - ⊃∪∩⪽

@Sassinake@mastodon.social 3 hours ago

@ProPublica

surprise?

ZenHeathen :canada:

@ZenHeathen@beige.party 4 hours ago

@ProPublica Bad last name.

Tim Zee

@ilust606@mastodon.social 4 hours ago

@ProPublica
This administration makes Warren Harding look like Francis of Assisi.

xs4me2

@xs4me2@mastodon.social 4 hours ago

@ProPublica

The art of grifting…