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Incoming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Says ’60 Minutes’ Complaint “Likely To Arise” As Part Of Agency Review Of Skydance-Paramount Merger


Brendan Carr, Donald Trump‘s pick to serve as chairman of the FCC, said that the agency would examine a complaint over the way that 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris as it reviews the merger of Skydance with Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS. In an interview with Fox News’ America’s Newsroom, […]

Brendan Carr, Donald Trump ‘s pick to serve as chairman of the FCC, said that the agency would examine a complaint over the way that 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris as it reviews the merger of Skydance with Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS. Donald Trump called on CBS to lose its broadcast license because one of her answers was edited with a difference response to one that was shown in an earlier promotion. Public interest experts believe that while Carr and other Republican commissioners could add extra delay and expense to the merger review, the network and 60 Minutes would be on solid First Amendment footing when it comes to case law and a court challenge.

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