FCC Revives Complaints Against “Anti-Trump” Stations

Ars Technica reports:

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has revived three complaints against broadcast stations accused of bias against President Donald Trump. The revived complaints target WNBC in New York, WCBS in New York, and 6 ABC in Philadelphia.

The complaints were filed by the Center for American Rights and supported Trump’s claims of bias regarding ABC’s fact-checking during a presidential debate, the editing of a CBS 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, and NBC putting Harris on a Saturday Night Live episode.

The complaints against CBS and ABC were made under the FCC’s news distortion rules, while the complaint against NBC alleges a violation of the FCC’s Equal Time rule.

Read the full article. The complaints had been dismissed by the previous FCC chairperson. The president of the Center for American Rights formerly worked for the Federalist Society. The group’s chairman founded the Liberty Justice Center, which is partnered with the Koch Foundation. Rather obviously, the intent is to blackmail the three major broadcast networks by threatening the licenses of their wholly owned flagship affiliates.

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