"Cruz said that using the government to dictate what the media can say "will end up bad for conservatives" because when Democrats are back in power, "they will silence us, they will use this power, and they will use it ruthlessly." Cruz said that Carr threatening ABC was like "a mafioso coming into a bar going, 'Nice bar you have here, it'd be a shame if something happened to it.'""
""The Standing Rules of the Senate grant the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation jurisdiction over communications, including online information platforms," he wrote to the Wikimedia Foundation. "As the Chairman of the Committee, I request that you provide written responses to the questions below, as well as requested documents, no later than October 17, 2025, and in accordance with the attached instructions.""
Senator Ted Cruz criticized FCC Chairman Brendan Carr for threatening ABC over political content on Jimmy Kimmel's show, warning that government pressure on media could later be used against conservatives. Two weeks after that criticism, Cruz, as chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, sent a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation invoking committee jurisdiction and requesting written responses and documents by October 17, 2025. The requests include materials showing Wikimedia's supervision or influence over its editing community and how the foundation addresses political or ideological bias. Cruz has also launched investigations into alleged censorship by the Biden administration and actions by CISA. Cruz's office was asked to explain the apparent difference in appropriateness between his inquiry and Carr's pressure on ABC.
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