At first I thought this was maybe clickbait and the article would provide some additional details. But it’s pretty much as dumb as it sounds.
Basically any radio station owner with a felony is automatically placed into a hearing, and this tax fraud felony from 2008 was made available to the FCC now (from not paying taxes on some cigarette stamps, seems a trifle).
Still seems dumb on the FCCs part. It’s not like you’re guessing about the station. It’s been on the air for a decade. No hearing necessary.
My knee-jerk sense of fair play has me wondering how/why Fox News license holders are not at risk of losing theirs, given the self-acknowledged mendacity of some of its on-air personalities. To me, that goes directly to 'character qualifications', but perhaps cable TV network owners do not face the same standards as their broadcast radio station colleagues.
Yeah, broadcast and cable are regulated very differently because radio spectrum is a limited shared public resource while cable is mostly private property and essentially unlimited channels.
Is there an implication that because a state did something likely racist that a federal agency is motivated by the same racism? Are there white station owners with felonies?
Rules can have a higher impact to some races vs other races. Like this rule affect blacks more since they only make up 13% of the population but make up 34% of felons out there.
Why is "not paying taxes on a sale" a conviction for tax fraud? Is it a simple matter of paying the amount due plus penalty? Where is the scheme to deceive?
I often get letters from the IRS correcting my taxes.
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[ 1303 ms ] story [ 870 ms ] threadBasically any radio station owner with a felony is automatically placed into a hearing, and this tax fraud felony from 2008 was made available to the FCC now (from not paying taxes on some cigarette stamps, seems a trifle).
Still seems dumb on the FCCs part. It’s not like you’re guessing about the station. It’s been on the air for a decade. No hearing necessary.
https://outlawreport.com/dc-reverses-ban-on-former-felons-in...
> The owner of Knoxville, Tennessee's only Black-owned radio station
You may recognize Tennessee from such hits as "Tennessee legislature expels 2 Black representatives".
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tennessee-expulsion-house-d...
I often get letters from the IRS correcting my taxes.