FCC Chair Brendan Carr Says Broadcasters Must “Correct Course” Amid Iran War Coverage Criticism or “They Will Lose Their Licenses”

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment FCC chair Brendan Carr said broadcasters could lose their licenses if they do not “operate in the public interest,” reiterating President Donald Trump ‘s criticism of media coverage of the Iran war. “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 on X Saturday as he reshared a post Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not.” Related Stories Lifestyle Trump Confirms New Leadership at Kennedy Center, Departure of Ric Grenell News Iranian Diaspora Filmmakers Celebrate Khamenei's Death: "Everybody Is Extremely Happy the Dictator Is Dead" He continued, “And frankly, changing course is in their own business interests since trust in legacy media has now fallen to an all time low of just 9% and are ratings disasters. The American people have subsidized broadcasters to the tune of billions of dollars by providing free access to the nation’s airwaves. It is very important to bring trust back into media, which has earned itself the label of fake news.” In Trump’s original post , he slammed “an intentionally misleading headline by the Fake News Media about the five tanker planes that were supposedly struck down at an Airport in Saudi Arabia, and of no further use.” The president wrote that “the planes were not ‘struck’ or ‘destroyed,'” adding “None were destroyed, or close to that, as the Fake News said in headlines.” Trump said of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal , among “other Lowlife ‘Papers’ and Media actually want us to lose the War,” that “their terrible reporting is the exact opposite of the actual fa...