FCC Chair Moves Against NBC’s Affiliates After His Glorious Leader Demanded He Revoke Their Licenses

Variety reports:

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr informed Comcast on Tuesday that he has launched an investigation into the company’s relations with its NBC affiliates, days after President Trump called for the network to be held “accountable” for favoring the Democratic Party and threatened to revoke broadcast licenses.

In a letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Carr argued that the national network has increasingly asserted control over local stations, and that that has eroded the public’s trust in news coverage.

“Americans no longer trust the national news outlets to report fully, accurately, and fairly,” Carr wrote. “The FCC has an interest in and the authority to promote the public interest and to ensure that local broadcast TV stations retain the economic and operational independence necessary to meet their public interest obligations.”

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