The Trump administration’s communications licensing tsar
threatened to cancel the spectrum permits of broadcasters
pushing what he termed “hoaxes and news distortions”.

Federal Communications Commission ( #FCC ) chair #Brendan #Carr posted on social media that broadcasters running “fake news – have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up.
The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest,
and they will lose their licenses if they do not.”

Carr’s threat comes amid sustained complaints from Trump and members of the administration over its treatment by what it derisively terms
“the fake news media” and what it considers unflattering or unpatriotic coverage of the conflict in Iran.

In his post, Carr copied a Truth Social post by Trump complaining about “misleading” coverage on Iran.

“Yet again, an intentionally misleading headline by the Fake News Media about the five tanker planes that were supposedly struck down at an Airport in Saudi Arabia, and of no further use,”
Trump wrote Saturday on Truth Social.

Trump singled out the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal,
saying that they “and other Lowlife ‘Papers’ and Media actually want us to lose the War”,
calling the outlets’ reporting “the exact opposite of the actual facts!”
“They are truly sick and demented people that have no idea the damage they cause the United States of America,”
Trump added.

Under the Communications Act of 1934, the FCC has control over the airwaves, including “commercial and non-commercial fixed and mobile wireless services, broadcast television and radio, satellite and other services”

In his post on Saturday, Carr said,
without any evidence,
that it was in the news industry’s
“own business interests
since trust in legacy media has now fallen to an all time low of just 9% and are ratings disasters”.

He indicated he could use access to the broadcast and communications spectrum,
which is considered a public asset,
to rectify the issue,
setting up another potential clash between the government and the media"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/14/fcc-broadcast-permits-iran-war-news?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

FCC chair suggests agency isn't independent, word cut from mission statement

https://www.axios.com/2025/12/17/brendan-carr-fcc-independent-senate-testimony-website

#HackerNews #FCC #Independence #FCC #Mission #Statement #Brendan #Carr #Senate #Testimony #Media #Regulation

(08 Oct) ISPs created so many fees that FCC will kill requirement to list them all

ISPs complained about Biden-era rule, said listing every fee was too hard.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/1dy07
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#brendan-carr #fcc #policy

(26 Sep) Sinclair Backs Down, Will Resume Airing ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on Local Stations

The outrage machine has moved on.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/ms45m
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#abc #brendan-carr #culture #fcc #jimmy-kimmel #sinclair

(19 Sep) After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC’s The View

Carr: “Turn your license in to the FCC, we’ll find something else to do with it.”…

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/kjri7
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#brendan-carr #equal-time-rule #jimmy-kimmel #policy #the-view