Source: The Hill
by Berin Szóka
“‘The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the ‘public interest,’’ acknowledged Carr in 2019. Now, Carr’s exploiting the chasm between the FCC’s apparent authority over broadcasters and what the courts would eventually uphold if any licensee risked everything to fight in court. Carr invokes the commission’s 1949 News Distortion Policy and its 1992 Broadcast Hoax Rule, but both require proof that a speaker knew their statement was false. Both rest on the 1934 Communications Act’s vague ‘public interest’ standard; whatever that means, it can’t trump the First Amendment.” (10/02/25)
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5534248-brendan-carr-threatens-disney-abc/