2025-09-23
19 分钟This is Brendan Carr talking to News Nation's Chris Cuomo late last year.
CAR was about to become the new head of the FCC, the Federal Communications Commission.
Diversity of opinion is so important in this country and it's going to be one of my top priorities is trying to smash this censorship cartel.
For years, CAR had been a vocal advocate against the government intervening in free speech.
But now, as head of the FCC,
Carr is leading the Trump administration's pressure campaign on media companies over what they broadcast.
Including most recently, the push for ABC to take late night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air.
Brandon Carr's title is chair of the Federal Communications Commission, but in actuality,
he is the guy that is really providing the muscle for Trump's anti-media agenda in the second administration.
Scott Nover covers media for the post.
And Scott says,
Carr's supporters view him as a welcome corrective to what they perceive as inherently liberal broadcast media.
But his critics, including some conservatives,
worry that Carr is taking the FCC into dangerous territory.
From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
I'm Ella Hay Izzadi.
It's Monday, September 22nd.
Today, how Brendan Carr, a previously little-known policy wonk,
has taken center stage as Trump's media enforcer.
Scott joins me to explain how Carr is possibly pushing the limits of the FCC and how media companies are responding to this pressure campaign.