Politics

7 readers

1 users here now

@politics on kbin.social is a magazine to share and discuss current events news, opinion/analysis, videos, or other informative content related to politicians, politics, or policy-making at all levels of governance (federal, state, local), both domestic and international. Members of all political perspectives are welcome here, though we run a tight ship. Community guidelines and submission rules were co-created between the Mod Team and early members of @politics. Please read all community guidelines and submission rules carefully before engaging our magazine.

founded 2 years ago

New electric cars won’t have AM radio. Rightwingers claim political sabotage (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by SeeStars@kbin.social to c/politics@kbin.social

50 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Conservatives say liberals want to kill talk radio. But there’s plenty else on the AM dial – much of it essential

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] distractionfactory@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

1,000% this.
Except it's not just that a few hobbyists can't play with their toys. The frequencies being disrupted aren't limited to amateur radio bands which make up only a small fraction of the radio spectrum. This has the potential to disrupt military and emergency communication worldwide and I'm actually shocked it's not a bigger issue. RF Pollution is a nasty problem and is one of the main reasons the FCC exists.

Making this a political side-show about talk radio weakens the whole debate in my opinion, even if it has the potential to grab the attention of a wider audience. It's much easier to refute that and "win" the argument.