FCC chair Brendan Carr's is waging war on news media as part of the Trump administration's quest to destroy freedom of the press.

FCC vs. dissent

Carr has also made it clear that will use the FCC to attack dissent. Ars Technica (12/17/24) reported:

Carr has instead embraced Trump’s view that broadcasters should be punished for supposed anti-conservative bias. Carr has threatened to revoke licenses by wielding the FCC’s authority to ensure that broadcast stations using public airwaves operate in the public interest, despite previous chairs saying the First Amendment prevents the FCC from revoking licenses based on content.

Revoking licenses or blocking license renewals is difficult legally, experts told Ars. But Carr could use his power as FCC chair to pressure broadcasters and force them to undergo costly legal proceedings, even if he never succeeds in taking a license away from a broadcast station.

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