US EditionFCC Removes ‘Independent’ Label From Website After Chairman’s Clash With Democrats During Senate Hearing
Brendan Carr said the FCC is not independent due to presidential removal powers; the agency swiftly removed 'independent' from its website amid criticism of politicization.
- The FCC removed the word 'independent' from its website description after Chairman Brendan Carr clashed with Democrats during a Senate hearing.
- Commissioner Anna Gomez accused Carr of trying to 'intimidate government critics' and Sen. Ed Markey urged Carr to resign.
- Sen. Ted Cruz compared Carr to a 'mob boss' over the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel but said the government shouldn't 'arbitrate truth or opinion.'
- Critics say the outcome could reshape media oversight as the Supreme Court of the United States appears poised to grant President Donald Trump greater control over independent agencies, reflecting a shrinking sense of agency independence.
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr claimed in Congress on Wednesday that the FCC is not an independent commission, and his subordinates removed the "independent" label from the commission's website during the hearing, US media reported.
FCC leader: Agency is no longer independent
WASHINGTON — Democratic senators hammered the Federal Communications Commission's leader for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air, suggesting that Brendan Carr was politicizing an independent agency and trampling the First Amendment.
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