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Senate Democrats Fire Off Letter To FCC Chairman Over “Weaponization” Of Agency To Punish CBS And Other Broadcast Outlets Over News Content
A group of Democratic senators say that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has been engaged in a “weaponization” of the agency to “punish, censor or intimidate” members of the press based on “political disagreement over editorial choices.” Among the instances cited in the letter — from Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) and […]
A group of Democratic senators say that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has been engaged in a “weaponization” of the agency to “punish, censor or intimidate” members of the press based on “political disagreement over editorial choices.” Among the instances cited in the letter — from Sen. Ed Markey(D-MA), Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) and Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) — is Carr’s decision to investigate CBS News over the way that 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris, a response to a complaint from a conservative group. “We urge you both to follow the Constitution, immediately cease abusing the FCC’s legal authority, and return to the evidence-based decision-making that has been a staple of the Commission’s long and storied history,” they wrote.
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