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FCC chair accuses news broadcaster of 'hoaxes and distortions' amid US war on Iran​

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr accused news broadcasters of “running hoaxes and news distortions” amid the ongoing war in Iran in a post on X on Saturday.

Responding to a post by Trump in which he accused the “Fake News Media” of running an “intentionally misleading headline” regarding the five US air force refuelling planes that had reportedly been hit in an Iranian strike in Saudi Arabia, Carr doubled down on claims that the media is pushing fake news and appeared to again advocate for revoking news stations’ broadcast licenses.

“Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions - also known as the fake news - have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up,” Carr wrote.

“The law is clear,” he continued. “Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not.”

He added: “It is very important to bring trust back into media, which has earned itself the label of fake news.”
 

And Viktor Orban's playbook, and he just happens to be the American Right's favorite dictator to emulate (even more so than Putin, imo). One of Orban's first moves was to gain control of all of Hungary's news and entertainment media outlets and thus ensure that only his government's message was broadcast, and that his opponents would have a very difficult time getting their message out to the great mass of Hungarian citizens. He might finally lose reelection this year (although it's far from certain), but if he does it certainly won't be because the Hungarian news media wasn't overwhelmingly on his side.
 

FCC chair accuses news broadcaster of 'hoaxes and distortions' amid US war on Iran​

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr accused news broadcasters of “running hoaxes and news distortions” amid the ongoing war in Iran in a post on X on Saturday.

Responding to a post by Trump in which he accused the “Fake News Media” of running an “intentionally misleading headline” regarding the five US air force refuelling planes that had reportedly been hit in an Iranian strike in Saudi Arabia, Carr doubled down on claims that the media is pushing fake news and appeared to again advocate for revoking news stations’ broadcast licenses.

“Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions - also known as the fake news - have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up,” Carr wrote.

“The law is clear,” he continued. “Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not.”

He added: “It is very important to bring trust back into media, which has earned itself the label of fake news.”
Brendan Carr can go fuck himself.
 
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