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Here it comes, #Trump’s crackdown on the #FreePress
#FCC Orders Investigation Into #NPR & #PBS
Brendan Carr, Trump appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, recently expressed concern about NPR & PBS’s *sponsorships* [read: content].
#law #FirstAmendment #1A
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/business/media/npr-pbs-fcc-investigation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
“We are confident any review of our programming and underwriting practices will confirm NPR’s adherence to these rules,” Katherine Maher, #NPR’s chief executive, said. “We have worked for decades with the #FCC in support of noncommercial educational broadcasters who provide essential information, educational programming, & emergency alerts to local communities across the United States.”
#PBS said in a statement that it was proud of “noncommercial educational programming,” & worked “diligently to comply with the #FCC’s underwriting regulations.”
#BrendanCarr said in the letter that he planned to notify members of #Congress about his plans.
“In particular, Congress is actively considering whether to stop requiring taxpayers to subsidize #NPR & PBS programming,” he said, adding that he did not believe taxpayer dollars needed to go to the orgs….
@Nonilex
Next up: DOJ will announce its intention to file charges against "facts" for their consistent, long-standing bias against the GOP.
@Nonilex Really we should stop paying Congress since they don't work for us anymore.
@Nonilex Ummmm, 
@Nonilex adorable that npr is acting like he actually gives a fuck about their legal compliance.
@Nonilex Well, at least he told the truth about being a dictator from day one.
@Nonilex And I expect the modern Gestapo to raid their offices any time now. The other major news organizations are next. Only Fox "news" will be immune.
@Nonilex Ah yes, the newly non-weaponized DoJ is surely not looking for a list of individual private NPR donors to add to Dear Leader's enemies list, right?
@Nonilex #AmericanCarnage2.0 is all shock and no awe.
@Nonilex GOP: Elections are rigged except when we win and biased news must be stopped unless it’s biased to the right in which case it’s fine.
I can't count the number of times I wrote #NPR to point out that the fascists would destroy public broadcasting if they gained power. But their false equivalence continued. They relentlessly gave the benefit of the doubt to Republicans who have proven over and over that they are liars. Refusing to call a lie a lie, and refusing to call a fascist a fascist, has helped bring us to this.