Source: Reason
by Robert Corn-Revere
“Brendan Carr used to talk a big game on free speech. In 2021, when members of Congress urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to block the sale of a Miami radio station over its perceived political slant, Carr — one of the agency’s commissioners — called that move ‘a deeply troubling transgression of free speech and the FCC’s status as an independent agency.’ … These days, Carr has little credibility on freedom of speech. Now the chair of the Commission, he has been busy reopening investigations against broadcast networks because of their editorial policies, threatening public broadcasters ostensibly about how they raise sponsorship funds (but really about their editorial positions), threatening media companies over their hiring practices, and strong-arming technology companies about issues well beyond the FCC’s limited statutory mission.” (for publication 07/25)