President-elect Donald Trump has named Brendan Carr, currently an FCC Commissioner, as the new Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Carr, a vocal critic of partisan media, previously served as the FCC’s General Counsel and has been nominated to the position since 2017.
His appointment raises concerns among mainstream media, particularly after he called for an investigation into CBS News for allegedly editing an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Carr has expressed intentions to roll back the influence of partisan media outlets and criticized major tech companies for their role in censorship.
“I am pleased to announce that Commissioner Brendan Carr will be Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Commissioner Carr currently serves as the senior Republican on the FCC. Before that, he was the FCC’s General Counsel,” Trump wrote.
“His current term runs through 2029 and, because of his great work, I will now be designating him as permanent Chairman.”
“The FCC does not regulate, or really even respond to, allegations of politically unfavorable coverage or legitimate editorial discretion,” Nathan Simington wrote. “The recent complaint regarding WCBS-TV raises a fully different set of issues regarding whether or not coverage was intentionally distorted: reporting that something was said in response to a question that literally was not. I don’t know whether that’s true, but it’s a different issue.”
“Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft & others have played central roles in the censorship cartel. The Orwellian named NewsGuard along with ‘fact checking’ groups & ad agencies helped enforce one-sided narratives,” Carr wrote. “The censorship cartel must be dismantled.”
