FCC Chair Brendan Carr Proposes Nationalistic Content Requirements for Broadcast Networks
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Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
FCC Chair Brendan Carr is pushing for broadcast networks to air nationalistic content and pledge loyalty to America as part of a 'patriotic programming' initiative. The article criticizes Carr's history of weaponizing the FCC for political purposes, including his testimony that the FCC is 'not formally an independent agency' and his removal of 'independent' from the agency's mission statement. It also mentions his pattern of threatening late-night hosts like Stephen Colbert and attempting to enforce the 'equal-time rule' for political purposes.
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He testified to Congress that his office is, erm, actually 'not formally an independent agency,' right before removing the word 'independent' from the mission statement on the agency's website
He continued his tradition of threatening late-night hosts by again harassing CBS about Colbert and desperately trying to make enforcement of the 'equal-time rule' a current issue
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