FCC’s Carr threatens TV broadcast licenses over news coverage

FCC’s Carr threatens TV broadcast licenses over news coverage


Even before Trump began his second term, he urged the FCC to “impose the maximum fines and punishment” on CBS for alleged “unlawful and illegal behavior” when it edited a 60 Minutesinterview with 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. After Carr’s remarks on Kimmel, Nexstar Media Group Inc., the largest owner of local TV stations in the US, pulled the show from its 32 ABC stations. The FCC launched an equal-time investigation into ABC’s daytime talk show The View after it had Democratic US Senate candidate James Talarico as a guest in February when he was competing in the primary.

Author: Maria Paula Mijares Torres, Bloomberg


Published at: 2026-03-14 22:12:14

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