FCC Chairman Goes After Comcast For 'News Distortion' After White House Complains That MSNBC Didn’t Carry Press Briefing On Deportations

Deadline Hollywood · Jonathan Newton-Pool · last updated April 17, 2025 – 3:00 PM

FCC chairman Brendan Carr suggested that Comcast may be violating its broadcast licenses after MSNBC declined to carry a White House briefing Wednesday afternoon in which the administration continued to defend its decision to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.

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