Trump eyes Bannon ally to head Broadcasting Board of Governors

[Virginiá]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/01/michael-pack-candidate-broadcasting-board-of-governors-239022

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So now we're going to use state-funded media to push right-wing nationalist to the rest of the world (in concert with Russia, of course). Why did they disband the board, anyway? What exactly was the goal there?

[Santander]

Terrific news. We need 100 more like Stephen K. Bannon in public positions.

[KingSweden]

Not sure why they dumped the board, but TBF it was overwhelmingly bipartisan with Obama's support

[JA]

As if the world doesn't already have enough problems due to racial, ethnic, religious, and other identity-related conflicts (not to mention economic and political), why not add a little more fuel to that fire? Russia's state propaganda has happily served the interests of right-wing nationalists throughout Europe and North America; now America, too, can assist with the destabilization of Europe!

[I Won - Get Over It]

Terrific news. We need 100 more like Stephen K. Bannon in public positions.

[EnglishPete]

Terrific news. We need 100 more like Stephen K. Bannon in public positions.

[pbrower2a]

The government going into the propaganda business for the support of partisan causes in America? Such was a scandal under Dubya.

This political order is taking unambiguous steps down the totalitarian trail of tears. And it will be a literal Trail of tears if it isn't stopped.

[Beet]

The conservatives don't even bother to articulate anything anymore, or pretend that their emotions are constrained by facts or reason.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Never heard of the Broadcasting Board of Governors before, and not sure what to make of this now that I have heard of it. Disbanding the board sounds like it was a pretty bad move.

[Mr. Reactionary]

     Never heard of the Broadcasting Board of Governors before, and not sure what to make of this now that I have heard of it. Disbanding the board sounds like it was a pretty bad move.

Yeah. We should have just straight up eliminated our ministry of propaganda during the last reauthorization. It wasnt even really legal for BBG to broadcast their own programming domestically until like 2011 because thats how bonkers we view a literal state run media group. If we have no ministry of propaganda in the first place, the antifas dont have to get their collective panties in a bunch anytime a party other than the Dems gets to wield these absurd powers.