FCC Launches Review Of Network-Affiliate Relationships

Brendan Carr said that the review will examine the influence of Hollywood and New York programmers on local stations.

Deadline

Should Your Local CBS Station Be Able to Pick Up Shows From Another Network? The FCC Wants to Find Out
#TV #TVNews #BrendanCarr #Cbs #FCC

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/local-cbs-station-pick-up-network-shows-fcc-1236431752/

Should Your Local CBS Station Be Able to Pick Up Shows From Another Network? The FCC Wants to Find Out

The Commission, led by Chairman Brendan Carr, has started a proceeding that will examine the relationship between networks and their affiliated stations.

The Hollywood Reporter

You know #BrendanCarr is at the ready

#Trump said that broadcasting licenses used by affiliates of #Disney's #ABC should be "taken away" after he didn’t like a question posed by an #ABCNews reporter for the network in the Oval Office.

Trump made the comment after a reporter for ABC News asked Trump about the Jeffrey #Epstein political scandal.

#law #FreePress #FCC

Trump, Brendan Carr Threaten To Censor Some More Comedians For The Crime Of Comedy

Donald Trump and his earlobe nibbler (FCC boss Brendan Carr) are threatening to try and censor some more comedians after their efforts to cancel Jimmy Kimmel went so well (read: not well at all).Ov…

Techdirt

But when #BrendanCarr issued a mob-style threat over a #JimmyKimmel monologue that #Republicans didn’t like—“We can do this the easy way or the hard way”—he made the #Trump admin’s appetite for #censorship unignorable.

#FourthEstate #journalism #law #FreePress #FCC #propaganda #StateMedia

The scandal that briefly made #BrendanCarr a household name this fall was an outlier several times over. For one thing, #FCC chairmen rarely make news. More than that, Carr usually knows better than to draw too much attention to himself. A seasoned bureaucrat, he has a knack for pulling the strings of power in ways that escape public scrutiny.

#FourthEstate #journalism #law #FreePress #Trump #censorship #propaganda #StateMedia

The ‘Easy Way’ to Crush the Mainstream Media

FCC chair Brendan Carr is on a crusade to Trumpify the airwaves.

The Atlantic

Former FCC Officials Push To Kill Dated ‘News Distortion’ Rule Trump Abused To Bully CBS And ABC Into Feckless Compliance

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Former FCC Officials Push To Kill Dated ‘News Distortion’ Rule Trump Abused To Bully CBS And ABC Into Feckless Compliance

A coalition of former FCC officials are pushing for the elimination of a longstanding FCC rule the Trump administration abused to “bully” ABC and CBS into kissing the president’s …

Techdirt

Trump Flips Out On TV Host, Wants Him Fired ‘Immediately’

It seems like President Donald Trump was just triggered by a TV rerun. Over the weekend, he fired…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Brendancarr #CharlieKirk #DonaldTrump #JimmyKimmel #SethMeyers #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/255811/

Trump Calls for NBC to Fire Seth Meyers in Post, FCC Chair Shares It

President Donald Trump appears to be unhappy with Seth Meyers, apparently due to the late-night host recently mocking…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Brendancarr #CA #Canada #DonaldTrump #LateNightWithSethMeyers #Late-NightTV #SethMeyers
https://www.newsbeep.com/255177/