A spate of recent actions suggest that Brendan Carr, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is seeking to expand the agency’s purview to tackle a perceived liberal bias in the media and tech industries — even as critics question the FCC’s authority to do so.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is confronting Google with questions about allegations YouTube TV is implementing faith-based discrimination for denying a network's entry on its platform.
"Brendan Carr, stop that CAR!" That's pretty much the message the NAB's legal team is sending the FCC with respect to its consideration of a news distortion complaint from a group that has vociferously attacked CBS for offering viewers two different answers to the same question posed to former VP Harris.
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has questioned if YouTube TV is potentially discriminating against faith-based programming by refusing to carry Great American Family, a network popular for its family-friendly and Christian content.
President Trump has alleged election interference over CBS' handling of a "60 Minutes" interview, and feels the network aided his Democratic rival, then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
The station, KXLT, has been operated under a shared services agreement for some time; Gray Media justified the waiver by calling the Fox affiliate a "failing station." This article, Gray Media to acquire Fox station in Rochester,
CBS, which is owned by Paramount Global, said sanctioning the company over the interview “would blatantly violate the First Amendment by substituting the government’s editorial judgment for
The FCC’s chair also asked the streamer for a briefing on their views regarding the reclassification of vMVPDs
Carr advocates greater control over social media by federal regulators, despite a reputation for supporting free speech.
Dozens of pages of emails reveal how Brendan Carr, the FCC’s Republican chairman and close confidante of President Trump, was cleared by ethics officials to write a chapter in the 922-page manifesto when he was a commissioner.
FCC chief Brendan Carr aims to 're-empower' local TV stations and he suggested that Congress consider tighter regulations on social media giants.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said that the agency’s review of the proposed Skydance-Paramount Global merger is far from finished, as the two companies have said that they expect to complete the deal by the summer.