Trump’s FCC probing Comcast, NBC over DEI policies

CNN Panel Has Huge Debate Over FCC Investigation - Patriot Newsfeed

Oh, here we go again—CNN rushing to the defense of one of its own while pretending to be the arbiters of honest debate. This time, it’s Abby Phillip playing referee for Ana Navarro, the so-called “Republican” who hasn’t met a Democrat policy she didn’t like since Donald Trump came down that escalator in 2015. And, of course, the moment an actual conservative, Scott Jennings, dares to challenge her contradictions, the conversation gets shut down …

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to Probe DEI-Drenched Comcast, NBCUniversal

Trump-appointed Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr is taking on Comcast and NBCUniversal on DEI. They might be the most aggressive DEI pusher among national media companies. It's not just a bias in their hiring, but in their "news" product, like their supportive interviews with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). In his letter to Comcast chairman Brian Roberts, Carr noted that Comcast promotes DEI as "a core value of …

Feldman: DEI memo isn’t what it seems

On her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo calling for a report on how the Department of Justice can target big companies’ diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The memo is unlikely to generate a significant number of lawsuits against real-world companies. But it will speed up the already underway process of corporations abandoning or at least rebranding their DEI efforts. Read more...

FCC to probe DEI practices at Comcast, NBCUniversal

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced on Wednesday that he has requested the agency investigate Comcast and its subsidiary, NBCUniversal, over their diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.Carr wrote in a post on X that he informed Comcast CEO Brian Roberts about the p...

Trump FCC Tries To Bully Comcast Away From Its Already Flimsy Dedication To Civil Rights

Since his appointment by Trump in 2017, the FCC's Brendan Carr has never stood up to telecom giants on any issue of substance to consumers. It doesn't matter whether we're talking about the company's destruction of net neutrality, privacy violations, bullshit hidden fees, or its technically unnecessary usage caps, there's nothing a company like Comcast…

Why politicians keep blaming ‘DEI’ for disasters, even when it’s laughably untrue

Emergency response units search the crash site of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River on Jan. 30, 2025, after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport just outside Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) In this chaotic news cycle, America’s worst plane crash in a generation already feels a generation old. But the administration’s response to the tragic January collision that killed 67 people over th…