FCC Chair Brendan Carr Opens Up Probe of NPR/PBS Advertising, or ‘Underwriting’
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr Opens Up Probe of NPR/PBS Advertising, or ‘Underwriting’

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr opened up a probe of NPR and PBS Thursday over their airing of commercial announcements. The New York Times warned of a “politicized” debate over public broadcasting. They don’t want any debate. To suggest it tilts left “politicizes” it. But somehow, to tilt left is….not politicizing things? Apparently, liberal bias is the desirable norm. Anything the disrupts it is “politicized.”

Reporters Benjamin Mullen and David McCabe began: 

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has waded into the politicized debate over NPR and PBS, ordering up an investigation that he said could be relevant in lawmakers’ decision about whether to continue funding the public news organizations.

In this piece, Carr questioned if these commercial messages undermine the notion of non-commercial broadcasting: 

“To the extent that…

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