No More Free Lunch

The legacy broadcast networks are using public spectrum, but act as an extension of the Democratic Party.

No more free lunch for them. https://t.co/fDR8S3d4Gw

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 27, 2024

The major broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) operate on free licenses of public spectrum in exchange for requirements to serve the public interest. They no longer do, and this is an obsolete model anyway. The spectrum should be auctioned off, with the proceeds used to pay down…

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) October 26, 2024

… the national debt. Of course, the networks can bid on the spectrum, and they will win if broadcast networks are still the most highly valued use. What’s more likely to happen is that valuable spectrum will be reapportioned to the next generation of wireless applications, unleashing many more interesting options for consumers and businesses. The networks can continue to operate on cable, like hundreds of other redundant channels.

Howard Lutnick

The United States owns the spectrum, and it should only be auctioned for use by those who agree to be nonpartisan. Companies that do business with America shouldn’t be allowed to use that power for partisan politics.

… Simple rule:
The Companies that use the US government's assets must be bipartisan, or they should lose those assets.
The Companies that do business with the US Government must be bipartisan
or they should lose their contract.

People can be partisan all they want, but this nonsense of using taxpayer assets and money for one party is