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  "description": "FCC Chairman says he is treating all parties fairly",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-04-04T22:51:17.000Z",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, Apr. 4, 2025 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman **Brendan Carr** _responded to a_ Senate inquiry set in motion by Senate Democrats on March 12, 2025, asserting that the FCC is stressing fairness in its conduct.\n\nCarr _wrote_ on March 26 to Sen. **Richard Blumenthal** , D-Conn., asserting that the FCC’s investigations into major media outlets, including Comcast, ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR and PBS, are simply based on precedent established by the FCC under the Biden administration.\n\nCarr specifically cited the treatment of the Fox 29 Philadelphia TV station, which was subject to a petition put out for public comment in 2023 by then-FCC Chairwoman **Jessica Rosenworcel** that called for blocking the station’s broadcast license renewal over alleged election fraud misinformation spread by its parent company.\n\nCarr also mentioned the pending news distortion complaint against CBS over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Vice President **Kamala Harris** on Oct. 7, 2024. The complaint was filed by the Center for American Rights. Rosenworcel dismissed the CAR complaint four days before she left office. Carr revived the complaint after becoming Chairman on Jan. 20.\n\n“The Biden Administration pursued a two-tiered system of justice. It does not surprise me that, for the businesses, individuals, and interests that benefited from this Biden-era weaponization, the FCC’s fair and balanced treatment of today feels like discrimination. But that does not make it so,” Carr said in his response to Blumenthal.\n\nCarr cited disparities between the investigation into Fox 29 Philadelphia and investigations into the media outlets currently under review by Carr’s FCC.\n\nBlumenthal asserted in his original letter that the FCC was _not being impartial_ in its various investigations.\n\n“This exclusive targeting to the apparent benefit of the President is further reflected in the fact that other media broadcasters, particularly allies of the President, have not faced any similar scrutiny,” Blumenthal said.",
  "title": "Carr Fires Back at Blumenthal Over Media Probes",
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