Image: The Guardian (World)FCC chair threatens to throttle news broadcasts over โhoaxesโ about Iran war
Brendan Carr posts that he may cancel spectrum permits of โmainstream newsโ outlets for โmisleadingโ coverageThe Trump administrationโs communications licensing tsar fired a warning shot over the US broadcasting industry Saturday, threatening to cancel the spectrum permits of broadcasters pushing what he termed โhoaxes and news distortionsโ.Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr posted on social media that broadcasters running โfake news โ have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up. The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not.โ Continue reading...
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