FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Once Railed Against Policing Speech "In The Name Of The Public Interest"
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr defended his threat to investigate or take action against ABC as part of the agency’s authority to enforce broadcasters’ public interest obligations.
After ABC announced that it was pulling Kimmel’s show indefinitely on Wednesday, Carr appeared on Fox News’ Hannity, telling the host, “We at the FCC are going to enforce the public interest obligation. If there’s broadcasters out there that don’t like it, they can turn their license into the FCC. But that’s our job. And again, we’re making some progress now.”
The FCC’s authority over programming, though, is limited, according to its own website.
“Pursuant to these legal mandates, the FCC has long held that ‘the public interest is best served by permitting free expression of views. Rather than suppress speech, communications law and policy seeks to encourage responsive ‘counter-speech’ from others,” the FCC states. “Following this principle ensures that the most diverse and opposing opinions will be expressed, even though some views or expressions may be highly offensive.”
Link to tweet
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fcc-chairman-brendan-carr-threatened-042546393.html
Free speech for me but not for thee - Brendan Carr
= new reply since forum marked as read
