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How an FCC letter kept Stephen Colbert’s interview with a Texas Senate hopeful off the air
Monday night’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was missing something—an entire interview. But viewers weren’t left in the…
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FCC battles California, Gov. Newsom over free-phone fraud
The Federal Communications Commission will overhaul the government's decades-old Lifeline Program after discovering nearly $5 million has…
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FCC Takes Aim at Political Interviews on Late-Night and Daytime Shows
With election season around the corner, the Federal Communications Commission issued a broadside on Wednesday aimed at late-night and…
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FCC bans new foreign-made drones over national security concerns
The Federal Communications Commission on Monday said it would ban new foreign-made drones, a move that will keep new Chinese-made drones…
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FCC Scrubs Its Website of Any Hint It’s an Independent Agency
The Federal Communications Commission website no longer reflects that the FCC is an “independent” agency after FCC Chair Brendan Carr…
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FCC Chair Admits He’ll Cave to Trump’s Worst Demands
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr admitted that he sees President Donald Trump as his boss during a congressional…
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FCC Chairman Reposts Donald Trump’s Call for NBC to Fire Seth Meyers ‘Immediately’
Brendan Carr, the chairman of the FCC, reshared Donald Trump’s demand for Seth Meyers to be fired from NBC after being made the subject of…
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White House Slams ‘SNL’ After Cold Open Targets Trump and FCC Chair Brendan Carr: ‘I Have More Entertaining Things To Do, Like Watch Paint Dry’
A White House rep has responded to the first cold open of “Saturday Night Live” season 51, which targeted Donald Trump and FCC chair…
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Trump Interrupts ‘SNL’ Cold Open to Threaten Show Not to ‘Do Anything Too Mean’ or He’ll Have FCC Attack: ‘Daddy’s Watching’
Colin Jost portrayed “secretary of war” Pete Hegseth during the first cold open of the 51st season, lamenting that “Our military is gay as…
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FCC Chair Revels as MAGA TV Conglomerate Refuses to Air Jimmy Kimmel
WithJimmy Kimmel Live! returning to the air Tuesday evening, the Federal Communications Commission chair who jawboned ABC and companies…
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Politicians, Guild Leaders Rally Outside ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Studio, Urge Media Companies Not to Bow to Trump and FCC Pressure
Just an hour before ABC made the announcement that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would return to the airwaves on Tuesday, a group of politicians…
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The FCC Is a New Deal Relic
Put it on the ash heap of history so no one can misuse it. Source link
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Sen. Rand Paul pans FCC chair's comments on Jimmy Kimmel as 'absolutely inappropriate'
Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr was wrong to threaten Disney over remarks that…
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Video: Trump Escalates Attack on Free Speech
new video loaded: Trump Escalates Attack on Free Speech By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Christina Thornell and David Seekamp•September 20, 2025…
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Senator Ted Cruz says FCC acted like 'mafioso' on Jimmy Kimmel
US Senator Ted Cruz has accused the head of America's broadcast regulator of acting like "a mafioso" in the suspension of late-night host…
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Ted Cruz Opposes FCC Threats Over Kimmel Remark: ‘That Will End up Bad for Conservatives’
Sen. Ted Cruz warned Friday that conservatives would come to regret using state power to silence Jimmy Kimmel, saying that such power will…
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Abolish the FCC
Rather than fantasizing about using government power to punish the left, Republicans should foreclose the possibility of future…
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Nexstar Denies Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Was Due to FCC Pressure
Nexstar, the nation’s largest station owner, denied on Thursday that it pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air due to pressure from FCC…
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What to know about Brendan Carr, the FCC chairman who went after Jimmy Kimmel
ABC took comic Jimmy Kimmel‘s late-night show off the air indefinitely Wednesday, just hours after Federal Communications Commission…
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Of Course the FCC Is Abusing Its Power over Broadcasting
It has done so before, and so long as it retains its power, it will do it again. Source link
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FCC Chair Takes Victory Lap After Muzzling Kimmel
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr—who just a few years ago was waxing poetic about how political satire is the “oldest…
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Nexstar to buy Tegna for US$3.5 billion in bet on FCC reforms
Nexstar Media Group agreed to buy TV station operator Tegna for US$3.5 billion in a deal that stands to dramatically expand Nexstar’s…
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Probes Comcast Relations With NBC Stations
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr informed Comcast on Tuesday that he has launched an investigation into the company’s relations with its NBC…
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Brendan Carr’s FCC Eyes Trump’s Media Foes
Sooner or later, Republicans will learn to regret the precedents they’re enabling today. Source link