ABC sues over Brendan Carr’s review of its Disney broadcast licenses - POLITICO

The lawsuit asks a judge to block the FCC’s review, saying it violates ABC’s and Disney’s free speech rights. “Acting through the Federal Communications Commission, the Administration has waged a retaliatory campaign against ABC for a single reason: it disapproves of what ABC broadcasts,” the lawsuit reads...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/18/abc-disney-fcc-license-lawsuit-carr-01039988

FCC scraps limit on local TV ownership in win for media conglomerates

In a historic vote on Thursday morning, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines to overturn a key check against the consolidation of the television industry, throwing out a rule that prevented any one company from owning stations that collectively reach more than 39% of all US TV households. 

The vote is a win for television conglomerates that aim to expand their reach across the country, particularly conservative-leaning companies like Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar...

 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/06/fcc-overturns-limit-local-tv-ownership

  

Brendan Carr Speaks Out on Jimmy Kimmel, the Media and Trump - POLITICO

Carr also refused to say it would be inappropriate for Trump to direct the FCC to investigate certain broadcasters or that there should be any limits on Trump using the FCC against media companies he doesn’t like...

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/07/31/fcc-chair-brendan-carr-interview-trump-01017275

Brendan Carr: ‘I don't view the FCC as the speech police’ - POLITICO

“This renewal proceeding is the latest attack in a sustained campaign by Chairman Carr and the Trump administration of threatening legal sanctions against licensees whose speech President Trump dislikes,” wrote the ex-officials, including Reagan-era Chairs Mark Fowler and Dennis Patrick and Obama-era Chair Tom Wheeler. “And although the purported justification for the early renewal proceeding is that it is in aid of a Commission investigation into unlawful employment discrimination, it is in fact an assault on free speech disguised as regulatory process.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/31/brendan-carr-i-dont-view-the-fcc-as-the-speech-police-01015485

No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills

"In rural Alaska, we don't have numerous options," says Patrick Mayer, superintendent for the remote Alaska Gateway School District. "We have one provider." 

 His district, where some students rely on planes to get to school in the winter months, has just under 400 students. Still, the district spends more than half a million dollars per year to ensure it has internet access at its six schools. The price tag is high, but the connection is what allows them to keep up with the rest of the world. 

 "It means the difference between having a school in the 21st century," Mayer says, "or a school in the 20th century."…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/10/nx-s1-5878405/fcc-erate-schools-internet-discount

ABC encourages viewers to back network amid FCC investigations

Then, a narrator tells viewers: “The View has welcomed your favorite guests and covered the issues you care about for nearly 3o years. Now, the FCC wants to control who is allowed to appear on the show. Viewers, use your voice.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/22/abc-fcc-investigations

‘Trump’s roving censor’: Top Senate Democrats demand Brendan Carr end Disney review - POLITICO

The letter, led by Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, called the review a “blatant effort” to punish Disney, which owns ABC, for refusing to acquiesce to President Donald Trump’s demand to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over a joke he made about the president. Carr, who announced the review a day after Trump’s demand, has said it’s the result of the agency’s year-long investigation into Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices, a claim rejected by Democrats...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/07/disney-censor-fcc-carr-senate-democrats-00910167

 

FCC orders review of ABC licenses after Jimmy Kimmel’s Melania Trump joke

Eight local broadcasting licenses under review after White House launched attack on late-night host over comment…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/fcc-abc-jimmy-kimmel

 

Carr throws ABC licenses into jeopardy in clash with Disney - POLITICO

The FCC has broad leeway to consider Disney’s character and whether it is operating in the public interest, but policy veterans worry Carr is violating the First Amendment by using government power to squelch speech disfavored by the president...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28/carr-throws-abc-licenses-into-jeopardy-in-clash-with-disney-00896133

 

Trump’s FCC weighs whether to flag shows with trans or non-binary ‘programming’

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching a new inquiry into the TV ratings system, including whether content related to gender identity is not adequately flagged for parents, in the latest warning shot to broadcasters from the agency headed by the Trump loyalist Brendan Carr...

 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/22/trump-fcc-inquiry-gender-identity-tv-shows 

FCC Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcast Licenses Over Iran War Coverage – Mother Jones

The goal is obvious: Turn independent news outlets into state propaganda machines...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/fcc-brendan-carr-iran-war-news-cbs-license/ 

Top Dem HUMILIATES Trump's FCC Chair

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f9gf6l0hIGY

 

President Trump wants Seth Meyers fired : NPR

Former congressman and free speech advocate Justin Amash wrote on X, "The government shouldn't be pressuring companies with respect to late night hosts, comedians, or anyone else for monologues, commentary, or jokes—whether their words are insightful, ignorant, funny, boring, politically neutral, or politically biased."…

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/17/nx-s1-5610501/trump-seth-meyers-fired 

 

Explainer: Trump’s plans to control the media

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump and his FCC Chairman Brendan Carr getting booed loudly at the latest public meeting where Carr is now trying to destroy free speech and overhaul the ownership rules to allow Trump’s right-wing oligarchs to consolidate ownership and control of all local tv channels and Meiselas interviews former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler who led the FCC under Obama.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyF2fyeCseU

Jake Tapper reveals another wrinkle in the Kimmel saga

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SR8S5uY5dbM

 

House Democrats call for FCC chair to quit over Jimmy Kimmel suspension | US news | The Guardian

Hakeem Jeffries and five other leaders accuse Brendan Carr of 'corrupt abuse of power' after late-night show suspended …

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/jimmy-kimmel-fired-fcc-brendan-carr 

 

Catholic adviser John Carr writes in 'America' that he is endorsing Joe Biden - The Washington Post

There are “morally grave” reasons Catholics should vote for Joe Biden for president rather than Donald Trump, according to a former top official at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops who endorsed the former vice president in an article in the Jesuit journal America on Thursday. The article by John Carr, who worked for decades as the bishops’ adviser on issues of justice and peace, marks the first time he has endorsed a political candidate.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/carr-catholics-biden-trump/2020/09/17/e4cdd592-f8ff-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html