FCC plans major DEI crackdown with help of conservative firebrand
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and activist Robby Starbuck have met to discuss how the agency can root out DEI from the ...
Supreme Court leans toward upholding federal internet subsidy program
The Supreme Court leaned toward upholding a $9 billion subsidy program that funds phone and internet services in rural areas ...
Some conservative groups think Trump’s FCC chairman is going too far
Trump’s FCC chairman, Brendan Carr, declined to drop an investigation into CBS over its “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala ...
FCC Chair Threatens to Block M&A for Companies That Embrace DEI Policies
FCC chairman Brendan Carr has put companies who promote "invidious” DEI policies on notice, warning that he will block their ...
Strange Bedfellows: FCC’s ‘60 Minutes’ Probe Brings Advocacy Orgs Together to Sound Alarm About First Amendment Threat
The FCC's probe of the '60 Minutes' Kamala Harris interview has brought range of advocacy orgs to sound the alarm about the ...
Trump’s Media Pit Bull Is “Off the Leash”
FCC chair Brendan Carr has already inspired widespread fear (and loathing) among media elites and free press advocates. And ...
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The FCC’s MAGA standard: Target Trump’s enemies, let Fox News off the hook
In 2023, the Media and Democracy Project (MAD) and its allies, former FOX executives and FCC officials, asked the FCC to deny the renewal of a Fox-owned local broadcast station’s license.
Senator Richard Blumenthal Slams FCC’s ‘Unprecedented, Intrusive’ Investigations Into Paramount-Skydance, Comcast, NPR and PBS
The Democrat opened an inquiry into the agency's "apparent retaliatory actions against news organizations targeted by ...
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Republican lawmakers seek to put PBS and NPR in the hot seat
A House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and named after Elon Musk's government-efficiency team has set its ...