US EditionFCC leader Brendan Carr to face Senate questioning for first time since Kimmel controversy
FCC Chair Brendan Carr defended enforcing broadcasters' public interest obligations amid criticism over threats linked to Jimmy Kimmel's show and a contentious website edit.
- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr will face Senate questioning Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee with commissioners Olivia Trusty and Anna M. Gomez in the first full hearing since 2020.
- Earlier this year, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr drew criticism after he denounced Jimmy Kimmel's comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk as 'truly sick' and warned broadcasters 'We can do this the easy way or the hard way.'
- Broadcasters responded when Nexstar and others said they would preempt Jimmy Kimmel, and ABC suspended him hours after Carr's warning, before the show returned less than a week later.
- The oversight push links Carr's actions to media consolidation concerns as Democratic lawmakers in a Tuesday letter urged close review of Nexstar Media Group's proposed acquisition of Tegna, warning it could raise prices, cause job losses and weaken local news.
- Since being tapped last November, Brendan Carr, Federal Communications Commission Chairman, has aligned with the administration's media stance, while Congress eliminated $1.1 billion for public broadcasting this summer.
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FCC Boss Brendan Carr Showcases How He’s A Shameless Liar And Opportunist In Testimony Before Congress
FCC boss Brendan Carr was dragged before Congress this week for some light questioning about his repeated, often-illegal abuses of FCC power. It was the first time the FCC has had to appear before Congress in five years, and the questioning, unsurprisingly, mostly dealt with Carr's failed attempts to censor comedian Jimmy Kimmel for making…
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Conservative ReviewTed Cruz Goes On Rampage In Hearing, Opens Up Old Wounds With Top Trump Official
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz went on a rampage during a Senate hearing Wednesday, opening up old wounds with Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr.
FCC not independent agency, chairman says
WASHINGTON — Democratic senators hammered the Federal Communications Commission's leader Wednesday for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air, suggesting that Brendan Carr politicized an independent agency and trampled the First Amendment.
Jimmy Kimmel responds to Ted Cruz calling him 'unfunny'
Jimmy Kimmel spent a big chunk of his Wednesday monologue mocking Donald Trump's new White House plaques, but he also saved time to respond to Texas senator Ted Cruz calling him "unfunny."The comment took place at a Senate hearing to question FCC chairman Brendan Carr over threats he made to Kimmel's network ABC earlier in the year that led to Kimmel being briefly suspended. Cruz was one of the few Republicans to say he doesn't think it's approp…
FCC Chair Brendan Carr SHUTS DOWN Democrat Senator’s Push to Investigate Fox News — “Gotcha” Moment Backfires After She Fails to Do Her Research | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr appeared before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Wednesday — and what Democrats clearly hoped would be a “gotcha” moment instead turned into another public humiliation for the Left.
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