New FCC Chair to Reinstate Complaints Against ABC, CBS, NBC

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-22 16:47:44 | Updated at 2025-01-25 01:26:07 2 days ago

New FCC Chair to Reinstate Complaints Against ABC, CBS, NBC
Newsmax ^ | 22 January 2025 | Charlie McCarthy

Posted on 01/22/2025 8:28:03 AM PST by george76

The new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Republican Brendan Carr, will reverse the 11th hour decision by the former Democrat chair to reject three complaints against major media outlets, sources tell Newsmax.

With days left in her term under the Biden administration, Chair Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, last week announced she was dismissing four pending petitions and complaints before the FCC that she believed sought "to curtail freedom of the press."

Three of the petitions related to coverage of the presidential campaign while one was a complaint about Fox News Channel.

Carr, appointed Monday by President Donald Trump, plans to reverse the dismissal of presidential election complaints against ABC, NBC and CBS, but not the one against Fox.

A source told Newsmax that Carr will put the ABC, NBC, and CBS cases back into pending or active status. The move means the complaints against the three networks can be adjudicated on their merits.

The source added that Rosenworcel could have prevented the FCC from reversing course had she acted a few weeks earlier. That could have prevented Carr from overturning his predecessor's decision.

Three of the complaints were filed by the Center of American Rights, a conservative nonprofit. One complaint said ABC News favored Vice President Kamala Harris during the presidential debate, another was about how CBS News' "60 Minutes" edited an interview with Harris, and the third complained about Harris' appearance on "Saturday Night Live" because Trump didn't get equal time.

The complaint against Fox over Jan. 6, 2021, coverage will not be brought back.

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1 posted on 01/22/2025 8:28:03 AM PST by george76

To: george76

2 posted on 01/22/2025 8:29:29 AM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)

To: george76

Couldn’t agree more. The major channels need to find a balance that’s been missing for years. When’s the last time you saw a Conservative on a late-night TV show? I think it was a few days after Bell Labs announced they discovered the transistor.

3 posted on 01/22/2025 8:31:56 AM PST by econjack

To: econjack

They need to cancel the sale of 200+ radio stations to George soros that they rammed in through at the end of cabbage heads term.

4 posted on 01/22/2025 8:35:06 AM PST by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)

To: econjack

Their licenses should be revoked. They are clearly lying propagandists, pushing an agenda that is antithetical to the public good.

5 posted on 01/22/2025 8:37:59 AM PST by PTBAA

To: calljack

..and... make PBS a completely non governemt funded entity.

Move it into 100% subsidiary of the DNC. And all $$ given to them a “political donation”.

To: george76

When will they tackle robocalls and telemarketers?

7 posted on 01/22/2025 8:41:04 AM PST by BipolarBob (Trumps first EO bans Chinese Checkers.)

To: george76

Gutfeld is right, it is exhausting trying to keep up with the rate and scope of the changes he is making. Trump literally changed the world and how its leaders behave in two days.

8 posted on 01/22/2025 8:41:24 AM PST by BushCountry (A properly cast vote (1 day voting) can save you $2.00 a gallon.)

To: BushCountry

Wait for when Trump comes to California—I hope he will bring a new attitude and much needed change to the Golden West. I would love to see Trump slap Newson across the face for his misrule.

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