Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened broadcasters with cancellation of their licenses if they did not “correct course” on news coverage.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is calling for broadcasters to “correct course” over their coverage of the Iran war or lose their licenses. Carr reposted a Truth Social statement from President Donald Trump, in which the president trashed a Wall Street Journal report that revealed five U.S. Air Force refueling planes were struck and…
Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, on Saturday appeared to threaten the licenses of broadcasters reporting on President Donald Trump’s war in Iran after the president crafted a lengthy Truth Social post against the “Fake News Media.”Trump, in a post on Saturday, took exception to an “intentionally misleading headline by the…
Amid surging oil prices and an unpopular war of choice in Iran, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is threatening not to renew the licenses of broadcasters for “running hoaxes and news distortions.” The Saturday post from Carr on X is not subtle: It explicitly warns broadcasters that they “have a chance now to correct…
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr on Saturday threatened to revoke broadcast licenses after President Trump complained about how some networks are covering the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran. “Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions — also known as the fake news — have a chance now to correct…
In an exclusive interview with CBS News Saturday, Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr doubled down on his warning that broadcast licenses could be revoked amid President Trump's criticisms of media coverage of the war in Iran.
After Trump criticised media coverage of the Iran war, Carr says he can remove licences if they do not serve the public interest.
Brendan Carr posts that he may cancel spectrum permits of ‘mainstream news’ outlets for ‘misleading’ coverageThe Trump administration’s communications licensing tsar fired a warning shot over the US broadcasting industry Saturday, threatening to cancel the spectrum permits of broadcasters pushing what he termed “hoaxes and news distortions”.Federal…
