Brendan Carr described as “Trump’s Censorship Czar” as he launches media probes.

Summary

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has launched an investigation into NPR and PBS, alleging they may be violating federal law by airing commercial advertisements.

He also urged Congress to defund them, arguing taxpayer support is outdated.

Critics, including FCC Democratic commissioners and media advocacy groups, say the move is politically motivated and aimed at intimidating independent journalism.

Carr has previously acted on Trump’s media complaints and contributed to Project 2025.

NPR and PBS deny wrongdoing, asserting their underwriting practices comply with FCC regulations.

  • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
    33·
    10 hours ago

    Mr. Rogers went to bat for PBS and was able to secure their funding by just chatting with congress critters for a short while. Why would any of these people want to undo his work… (I likely know why… I just need to vent)

      • QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works
        12·
        8 hours ago

        It sickens me how much these people villainize love and compassion. Then on top of that they claim to be christians. I may not believe in god but I still like the message of the gospel, but these sick fuckers clearly just absolutely fucking hate it

        • Punkie@lemmy.world
          5·
          8 hours ago

          I have done a lot of personal study on this. There are “Christians” and there are “Team Christian.” Actual Christians usually practice what they preach, or try to. The “Team Christian” folks are like people who have a favorite football team: they wear the jerseys, watch the games, and claim the tribal aspect of “I am good, they are bad.” But know nothing of the philosophy or inner workings any more than the average football fan plays professional football, or runs the corporation end that manages the team.

          Also, like most bullies, they love saying the opposite just to make you mad. “If Jesus were alive today, he would have shot all the immigrants with a machine gun,” so you go “NO HE WOULDN’T HAVE YOU EVEN READ A BIBLE YOU HYPOCRITE GRRRR!!!” and they laugh at how mad you got. Like a bully saying “nice hair!” because they know it will make you angry, and they’ll act all innocent.

        • FirstCircle@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          6 hours ago

          “But Jesus makes his appearance here only as a corpse; the living man, the wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist, is never once mentioned, nor anything he ever had to say. Christ crucified rules, and it may be that the true business of modern Christianity is to crucify him again and again so that he can never get a word out of his mouth.”

          Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickle and Dimed, chpt 2

      • glimse@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 hours ago

        Lol yeah it’s Mr. Rogers’ fault that kids work hard and aren’t rewarded. Nothing to do with policy changes in their lifetime that prevent them from getting ahead.