FCC Chair Orders Probe Into PBS And NPR Stations

The New York Times reports:

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, informed NPR and PBS this week that he had ordered an investigation into the practice of their member stations airing sponsorships.

Mr. Carr told Katherine Maher, NPR’s chief executive, and Paula Kerger, PBS’s chief executive, about the investigation in a letter on Wednesday. Mr. Carr, who was appointed by President Trump, said the investigation would focus on the stations’ practice of airing sponsorships.

“I am concerned that NPR and PBS broadcasts could be violating federal law by airing commercials,” Mr. Carr said in the letter, which was obtained by The New York Times.

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What this is really about, of course, is criticisms of Glorious Leader published by NPR. The cult has long demanded that all federal funding to PBS be ended, even calling Sesame Street “communist propaganda.” Last week Carr revived complaints against the flagship broadcast affiliates of ABC, CBS, and NBC with the clear intent of threatening their licenses unless they bow down to Hair Furor.