Corruption at the FCC and Losing our [best] Minds

Linda explains the FCC's approval of the Skydance and Paramount merger. The corruption of the meaning of broadcast news as serving the common interest by informing the public, and redefining the public's best interest by turning the news into infotainment centered on ratings and profits.Bill discusses the Brain Drain. Trump's attacks on higher education and research are leading to a loss of U.S. scholars to other countries, keeping foreign scholars and students out of the U.S., and degrading our workforce. Additionally, foreign student expenditures are the largest 'export earning industry' in the U.S., which completely contradicts Trump's trade policies and goals of improving our balance of trade. Additionally, this international brain drain exacerbates the regional brain drain within the U.S., with red states losing their best-educated workers to the blue states to which their educated citizens migrate, exacerbating regional inequality and economic development.We follow up with our loyal listener's queries regarding the details of the 'so-called' tax cuts in the Big Bad Bill.And we briefly return to cherry trees and cherry picking.