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FCC Chair Criticizes Comcast for ‘News Distortion’ After White House Complains About MSNBC Coverage
FCC chairman Brendan Carr criticized Comcast for "news distortion" over MSNBC's decision not to carry the White House's press ...
FCC chair attacks Comcast for not airing White House press conference live
This is per a Twitter missive from FCC chairman/Trump media attack dog Brendan Carr, who was apparently pissed off that MSNBC ...
Trump's FCC Chair Ditches Decorum, Uses Platform to Bang on Big Media
"He knows what he's doing is unconstitutional. He does not care," said Kim Zarkin, a communications professor at Westminster ...
PBS Stations Call Federal Funds “Irreplaceable And Essential” As Trump Administration Prepares To Slash Public Media Coin
The Trump administration plans to present Congress with cuts to most funding for public media late this month, according to ...
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Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS
President Trump and GOP members of Congress have accused the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. The ...
Trump demands FCC punish CBS for ‘60 Minutes’ reports on Ukraine, Greenland
Trump said on Truth Social that CBS should face “maximum fines and punishment” for reports that he deems derogatory and ...
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Trump and Republican lawmakers want to gut public media. Stations like GBH and WBUR could be collateral damage.
Brendan Carr, appointed by Trump to lead the FCC, opened an investigation into the corporate sponsorship practices at NPR and PBS member stations in January. Under FCC guidelines, public media ...
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Trump White House to Ask Congress to Defund NPR, PBS, And USAID — Claw Back $9 Billion
Defenders of both USAID and Voice of America have decried killing key levers of global soft power that enhance U.S. national security overseas, allowing for China to fill the void.