FCC chair mocks Sheryl Crow over selling Tesla for NPR donation: ‘Bravo’
Chair Brendan Carr took a jab at Sheryl Crow over the weekend after the singer announced she is selling her Tesla and donating the funds to NPR amid ...
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PBS shutters DEI office to comply with president angry about diversity
But, as anyone could’ve guessed, the Trump administration isn’t through dismantling the Public Broadcasting Service. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has already promised to investigate PBS and NPR ...
PBS Closes DEI Office After Trump Executive Order
The move to close the unit comes after Trump issued a number of executive orders aimed at cutting DEI programs on a federal level and among federal contractors as well as private companies, and as PBS ...
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FCC chair accuses predecessors of partisan bias after criticism of media probes
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr slammed his predecessors ... each of whom blasted his department’s probes of NBC, PBS and other outlets, Carr responded “I gotta ...
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FCC Opens Investigation Into Comcast, NBCUniversal for ‘Promotion of DEI’
After targeting CBS News’ interview with Kamala Harris and probing the funding of NPR and PBS, FCC chair Brendan Carr’s next target for investigation is the DEI programs of Comcast and ...
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PBS caves to Trump closing its DEI office and seeing its staff leave the company
FCC chair Brendan Carr wrote a January 29 letter to PBS and NPR, which are both licensed to operate by the FCC, that the commission would be looking into whether the stations violated federal ...
FCC seeks sponsorship details from radio stations, including WBUR
The Federal Communications Commission sent letters to 13 public radio stations, including WBUR in Boston, asking them to ...
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13 Public Radio Stations Drawn Into FCC Advertisement Inquiry
An FCC inquiry led by Chairman Brendan Carr is investigating whether public radio stations are violating rules against airing commercial ads.
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Senators send letter to FCC chair over ‘weaponization’ of commission
Three senators sent a letter to FCC Chair Brendan Carr and Commissioner Nathan Simington ... that the commission’s Enforcement Bureau open an investigation into NPR and PBS member stations. The ...
The Once and Future Debate Over Public Broadcasting
Liberals and conservatives have debated government support for public broadcasting since the 1967 Public Broadcasting Act was ...
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FCC Targets Comcast, NBCUniversal With DEI Programs Probe
The media conglomerate acknowledged that it received a letter from Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The Trump administration’s campaign against ...