"Since being tapped by President Donald Trump last November to lead the nation's top broadcast regulator, Carr has closely aligned with the administration's aggressive posture toward media outlets it views as hostile. He has launched FCC investigations into ABC, CBS and NBC News, in addition to some local stations. Trump in his second term has sued The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and, most recently, the BBC. And at Trump's urging, Congress this summer approved eliminating $1.1 billion allocated to public broadcasting."
"Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, who scheduled the hearing last month, was among the Republicans who criticized Carr's remarks at the time. "I think it is unbelievably dangerous for government to put itself in the position of saying we're going to decide what speech we like and what we don't, and we're going to threaten to take you off air if we don't like what you're saying," Cruz said on his podcast, calling Carr's comments "dangerous as hell.""
Brendan Carr will appear before the Senate Commerce Committee for an oversight hearing following his public pressure that led to ABC suspending Jimmy Kimmel. The hearing will include two other FCC commissioners, Olivia Trusty and Anna M. Gomez, and marks the first full-commission Senate oversight since 2020 amid two vacancies on the five-member panel. Carr has aligned with the administration's aggressive posture toward media, launching investigations into ABC, CBS, NBC News and some local stations. Actions and rhetoric have led to bipartisan criticism and heightened concerns about government influence over broadcast content.
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