The speech police: Chairman Brendan Carr and the FCC’s news distortion policy

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is cracking down on bias against Republicans and President Trump in broadcast TV stations by threatening to enforce the news distortion policy and potentially revoke licenses. However, his predecessors, Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai, argued that penalizing stations based on news content would violate free speech rights. This move marks a shift from the FCC’s historical trend of reducing involvement in news regulation, with former chairs Alfred Sikes and Tom Wheeler advising Carr to reconsider his stance.

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