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Opinion: FCC chair’s threats are a brazen violation of independent media

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26.03.2026

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Earlier this month, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened to revoke broadcast licenses from media outlets that aren’t serving the public interest. This came after President Donald Trump criticized media outlets, claiming they were painting American military action in Iran in a bad light.

Since the United States-Israeli intervention in Iran, videos from Lebanon and Iran have flooded the internet and broader media ecosystem, showing U.S. missiles striking schools, hospitals and residential blocks in cities such as Tehran and Karaj. These strikes have killed more than 1,300 civilians and 13 U.S. service members.

Unsurprisingly, the conflict has deteriorated the U.S. image and has led to detrimental media coverage domestically and abroad.

Our leaders are brutally aware of how the American public feels about the war. Only one in four Americans supports U.S. military action in........

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