Trump TOP WITNESS Gets EXPOSED by CROSS-EXAM in SENATE HEARING
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In a recent Senate hearing, Democrats cross-examined FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, forcing him to concede that he no longer considers the FCC an independent agency, despite its website asserting otherwise. This highlights concerns regarding political influence over the agency and its investigations into media outlets critical of Donald Trump.
Key Takeaways
- Carr's confession: FCC's independence is like Schrödinger's cat—it only exists until cross-examined.
- FCC website changed mid-hearing. Truth is the new HTML: Hyper-Textual-Misleading-Link.
- Findings: 'Independent agency' not in FCC's vocabulary—and neither is 'no' amid political queries.
- Who knew 'gotcha journalism' would be replaced by 'gotcha governance' at a Senate hearing?
- Carr outsmarts himself: FCC can't remove broadcasters, but can remove independence... from its site.
Mentioned in This Episode
- Public interest standard (concept)
- Ed Markey (person)
- Andy Kim (person)
- Democratic Party (United States) (company)
- News distortion (concept)
- SmartCredit (sponsor)
- Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution (concept)
- Broadcast hoax rule (concept)
- Sinclair Broadcast Group (company)
- Commissioner Gomez (person)
- Senator Amy Klobuchar (person)
- Commissioner Trusty (person)
- Communications Act of 1934 (concept)
- Executive branch of the United States federal government (concept)
- Equal-time rule / political equal opportunity (concept)
- Fox (Fox Broadcasting Company / Fox network) (company)
- Nextstar Media Group (company)
- The Walt Disney Company (company)
- Brian Schatz (person)
- World Trade Organization (WTO) (company)