Quote:The chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching an investigation into NPR and PBS over their alleged “airing of commercials.”
“I am concerned that NPR and PBS broadcasts could be violating federal law by airing
commercials,” FCC Chair Brendan Carr wrote to the news outlets in a letter first obtained by The New York Times. “In particular, it is possible that NPR and PBS member stations are broadcasting underwriting announcements that cross the line into prohibited commercial advertisements.”
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“This appears to be yet another Administration effort to weaponize the power of the FCC,” agency Commissioner Anna M. Gomez said in a post on the social platform X linking to the Times’ report. “The FCC has no business intimidating and silencing broadcast media.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/51169...tion-carr/
