Brendan Carr, the FCC chair appointed by President Trump, indicated that revoking CBS's broadcast license is a real possibility, not just an idle threat. Carr noted a decline in public trust in national media, advocating for greater support for local television stations. He expressed that the FCC should strictly enforce public interest laws, having reinstated previous complaints against CBS and NBC while opting not to act against Fox News. The White House publicly supported Carr's remarks, suggesting alignment with his agenda to prioritize local media outlets.
Well, it's not a threat, that's a penalty that is in the Communications Act, and if you don't... trust in the national mainstream media is at an absolute low... the agenda that I'm trying to run at the FCC is to empower those actual local television stations to serve the public interest.
I think the FCC should do what Congress wants us to do and enforce those laws. We're going to see where this investigation goes.
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