Posted on 01/22/2025 8:28:03 AM PST by george76
The new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Republican Brendan Carr, will reverse the 11th hour decision by the former Democrat chair to reject three complaints against major media outlets, sources tell Newsmax.
With days left in her term under the Biden administration, Chair Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, last week announced she was dismissing four pending petitions and complaints before the FCC that she believed sought "to curtail freedom of the press."
Three of the petitions related to coverage of the presidential campaign while one was a complaint about Fox News Channel.
Carr, appointed Monday by President Donald Trump, plans to reverse the dismissal of presidential election complaints against ABC, NBC and CBS, but not the one against Fox.
A source told Newsmax that Carr will put the ABC, NBC, and CBS cases back into pending or active status. The move means the complaints against the three networks can be adjudicated on their merits.
The source added that Rosenworcel could have prevented the FCC from reversing course had she acted a few weeks earlier. That could have prevented Carr from overturning his predecessor's decision.
Three of the complaints were filed by the Center of American Rights, a conservative nonprofit. One complaint said ABC News favored Vice President Kamala Harris during the presidential debate, another was about how CBS News' "60 Minutes" edited an interview with Harris, and the third complained about Harris' appearance on "Saturday Night Live" because Trump didn't get equal time.
The complaint against Fox over Jan. 6, 2021, coverage will not be brought back.
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Couldn’t agree more. The major channels need to find a balance that’s been missing for years. When’s the last time you saw a Conservative on a late-night TV show? I think it was a few days after Bell Labs announced they discovered the transistor.
They need to cancel the sale of 200+ radio stations to George soros that they rammed in through at the end of cabbage heads term.
Their licenses should be revoked. They are clearly lying propagandists, pushing an agenda that is antithetical to the public good.
..and... make PBS a completely non governemt funded entity.
Move it into 100% subsidiary of the DNC. And all $$ given to them a “political donation”.
When will they tackle robocalls and telemarketers?
Gutfeld is right, it is exhausting trying to keep up with the rate and scope of the changes he is making. Trump literally changed the world and how its leaders behave in two days.
Wait for when Trump comes to California—I hope he will bring a new attitude and much needed change to the Golden West. I would love to see Trump slap Newson across the face for his misrule.
How about the Dems ramming through Soros’s takeover of Audacy radio stations?
I am NOT tired of winning!
But I am a bit tired of trying to keep up with all the winning!
Tagline still applies.
Agreed—revoke all licenses for failure to serve the public.
Have a new auction banning previous local station owners from bidding and ownership.
Their licenses should be revoked.The FCC doesn't issue broadcast licenses to the networks; they grant licenses to individual broadcast stations.
I work on phone systems & Trump was pushing for a lot of this. Cell carriers are caught up but if you’re using older telephone systems, you may be waiting a while. There wasn’t much emphasis with Biden but to be fair, I don’t think anything Trump started was stopped either because it depends on the carriers to fix the issues.
Speak softly, even kindly, and carry a big stick.
Did you forget CNN? Or have they just gone out of business?
Winning!
I’m on ATT and I get spam everyday practically.
For cell? Your phone itself or AT&T should be able to help and there is software you can download as well.
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