I have received complaints that Google’s @YouTubeTV is discriminating against faith-based programming.
These concerning allegations come at a time when American public discourse has experienced an unprecedented—and unacceptable—surge in censorship.
I’m asking Google for answers
Source: Federal Communications Chairman Brendan Carr Twitter.
Oh no, not the bullshit no one wants to watch!
We live in the dumbest fucking timeline
“In too many cases silencing individuals for doing nothing more than expressing themselves online…”
Yeah… If your expression is “all the n-words and f-words should die in a fire” then you can go fuck yourself. You going to go complain to spez over at reddit that you can’t even post a picture of Luigi? I don’t think so.
Let’s hope it does. Religion is a plague that needs to not be promoted. It is a social malware.
Religion, humanity’s longest running practical joke gone too far
Whoever started this shit thousands of years ago is probably still laughing LMAO
And wealthy. They didn’t start this shit without a plan to scam plenty of $$.
Brendan is just sad that Youtube doesn’t show his favorite programming: young boys.
The fcc has no authority over YouTube TV since it’s not broadcast. Doesn’t really matter what the FCC wants until Congress explicitly adds the power for them to control non-broadcast media. And oh boy will that not be good.
Even if they were broadcast TV does the FCC have a say here? Isn’t a broadcaster supposed to prioritize popular content that maximizes views and ad revenue? “DEI for thee, not DEI for me” it sounds like.
Isn’t a broadcaster supposed to prioritize popular content that maximizes views and ad revenue?
There is a significant public interest component to broadcast, including producing some programming for the public good and providing fair access to all. Reagan dismantled a lot of those mandates, so I don’t know what’s remaining.
Private premium platform curated it’s programming to it’s audience’s interests.
CENSORSHIP! YOU’RE OBLIGATED TO PROMOTE MY INTERESTS AND IDEALS!
As a Christian. I’ve always hated faith based programming. It paints this idea of God as this magic lamp that if you say the right hting or make the right offerings you get what you want, and that’s the BEST CASE for faith based programming. most of it is money begging prosperity gospel bullshit.
Go find Highway to Heaven.
Better yet. Here it is all of it.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdxLt-lukkdJWIxb9Oii8uU6VPEjiA6eZ
Set aside the Christian messaging. It’s a show of tolernace and hope and people helping each other. Hell, it has a LITERAL ANGEL FROM GOD… discouraging a christian based school from excluding other faiths from their teaching.
Steve Shives (an avowed athiest) praising Highway to Heaven:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NULC3ogn-yE
This show would not be allowed to made today. It would get protested and condemned as ‘too woke.’
It was one of the things I watched growing up and I still see it as having value in showing what it truly means to be christian.
And more importantly? It’s two dudes going 'round the country helping people. Not by big miracles (usually,) but by giving people the tools to do things without leaning on God
Discriminate against deez nuts
Great American Media owns Pure Flix which is a faith and family centered streaming service. If they are so popular, and have their own streaming service, why are they worried about being on the YT:TV channel lineup?
My guess is GAM wanted on YT:TV primarily to boost subscriptions/users of its Pure Flix service and were told that is what ads are for. Or they are not nearly as popular they claim and YT:TV didn’t see adding them as a benefit.
So according to Republicans the FCC shouldn’t have the power to regulate net neutrality but it should be able to force streaming companies to carry specific programming.
Time for some Satanists to start some public broadcasting?
What if they are? Does FCC have the authority to force them to carry or promote “faith-based programming”?
As someone who runs a streaming service, I wouldn’t allow it.
Just a heads up, if they force YouTube to ‘embrace faith based programming’ you’re allowed to start killing people, it’s in the constitution
As a non-native speaker, I thought “faith-based programming” was some kind of religious brain-washing technique at first. Although the idea might not be too far off from reality.
“second fastest growing channel in cable television” eh? I guess that means they got one new viewer while everything else went negative.
