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How close is FCC chair Brendan Carr to the Trump White House? New records offer a look.

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

The FCC is supposed to operate as an independent agency. New records reveal extensive ties among its chair, the White House and conservative media.

The Federal Communications Commission is supposed to be an independent government agency that “regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.”

But it’s pretty clear that under FCC chair Brendan Carr, the agency has been acting on behalf of President Donald Trump through threats and actions against network programming that Trump doesn’t like.

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