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Brendan Carr so loves being America's top censor.

Adam Steinbaugh@adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social

FCC to journalists: cover the Iran war the way the president prefers or lose your broadcast license.

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1/ You might argue that the U.S. Constitution explicitly protects news media. The U.S. is not Turkey or Russia. You can’t fine or close down top newspapers or their reporters [or TV news outlets].” [No, but you can accuse them of violating national security and threaten their broadcast license].

Stuck in a time when there were 3 networks and a handful of local TV stations. The federal government should have no role policing content. The “equal time” rule needs to go.