Donald Trump And The FCC Chairman Are Waging War On The Media, As Much Of The Industry Frets Over Whether To Fight Back – Analysis
deadline.comIn the blizzard of executive orders, Resolute desk pronouncements and mass firings of President Donald Trump‘s first weeks in office, it’s easy to lose sight of what has been happening at the FCC and its chilling effect on the media.
The agency typically gets few headlines, engaged as it is in policy calls over arcane topics like spectrum allocation. But as the chief regulator with oversight over broadcasting, the FCC wields authority over media companies large and small, and that is where its Trump-appointed chairman Brendan Carr has sought to rattle the industry in his initial month.
Just this past week, Carr announced an investigation into the diversity, equity and inclusion policies of Comcast and NBCUniversal, and vowed that other media companies would face the same scrutiny.
He targeted PBS and NPR for their underwriting practices, while warning that their government funding would be in the crosshairs of congressional Republicans.
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