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It’s Time to Rethink Our Telecom Regulations
Your Feb. 10 editorial “Trump, CBS, and ‘News Distortion’” highlights the sclerotic nature of U.S. telecommunications law. As you note, it’s absurd that flipping the channels on one’s television can mean oscillating between regulated and unregulated content. This can often apply to the same substance: Americans could watch this year’s Super Bowl on heavily regulated broadcaster Fox or via lightly regulated streamers such as Tubi and Fubo.