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FCC Chairman Suggests CBS News Could Lose Its Broadcast License Over Kamala Harris Interview as ‘60 Minutes’ Keeps Attacking Trump
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, says the comment is not meant as a ‘threat.’ ...
FCC Chief Insists Donald Trump CBS Lawsuit Unrelated To Paramount-Skydance Review — “We Are Staying In Our Lane”
FCC chief Brendan Carr said the agency's review of the proposed merger of Paramount and Skydance is unrelated to President ...
Boing Boing on MSN7dOpinion
FCC Commissioner considers silencing CBS
In a chilling announcement, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said the agency is considering revoking CBS's broadcast license.
Mediaite on MSN7d
‘It’s Not a Threat, That’s a Penalty’: Pro-Trump FCC Chair Raises Prospect of Pulling CBS’s Broadcast License
Brendan Carr told CNBC’s Sara Eisen on Monday that pulling CBS’s broadcast license is a potential “penalty” – not just a ...
Paramount, Skydance must scrap DEI to pass FCC’s ‘public interest’ litmus test: sources
The Federal Communications Commission has been reviewing M&A deals in the media space for decades and a key concern for the ...
CNN7d
‘60 Minutes’ probe is ‘penalty,’ not ‘threat,’ per FCC chair
It’s been decades since the FCC pulled a license — and “that’s part of the issue,” Carr claimed. The complaint against CBS, filed by a pro-Trump group that alleged news distortion ...
FCC Chief Brendan Carr Vows to ‘Constrain' the Power of National Networks and Reform ‘Arcane Artificial Limits' on TV Station Ownership
FCC chairman Brendan Carr has already got Hollywood in a lather over his aggressive pursuit of specious complaints involving ...
TV News Check on MSN3d
Paramount Execs’ Positives Include CBS, Paramount+
CBS network’s audience grew 3% in the quarter compared to last year with the Super Bowl, and was up 12% without the sports ...
Brendan Carr Is Turning the FCC Into MAGA’s Censoring Machine
In the practiced government kabuki of these events, commissioners spoke, proposals were voted on unanimously, and chairman ...
FCC chairman suggests ‘massive deregulation effort’ will lead to more mergers
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr predicted that deregulation in his department will be a “big part of ...
Center for American Progress6dOpinion
The Trump Administration and the FCC Are Weakening Freedom of the Press and Hurting Americans
President Donald Trump and the Federal Communications Commission are taking unprecedented steps that weaken the media’s First ...
‘60 Minutes’ probe is ‘penalty,’ not ‘threat,’ per FCC chair
Despite accusing the larger broadcasters of “controlling so much of what goes on over the airwaves,” the FCC chair did not ...