In light of the FCC’s decision to green-light the union between NBC-Universal and Comcast, talk radio and Fox News political commentator Glenn Beck is calling on all of his millionaire and billionaire friends to rush out and form local non-profit news organizations to prevent liberals and George Soros from “controlling” local news content.
Beck gets the facts wrong. It was not the FCC, but Comcast that wants to require partnering with local non-profits. Here’s the letter Comcast wrote to the FCC to sweeten the chances that the union would gain the FCC’s approval: Letter.