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![Variety (12/17/25): FCC chair Brendan Carr “suggested that he was simply holding broadcasters to a legally required ‘public interest standard’ when he…threatened ABC and its affiliates if they did not ‘take action’ on [talk host Jimmy] Kimmel.”](https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Variety-Carr-Featured-200x200.png)
FCC fights First Amendment and ‘democracy itself’
Allowing allegedly local broadcast firms to acquire even more stations—in markets where they already have stations, and in new cities—will put control over news in still fewer, more corporate hands. And it will decrease the numbers of local journalists reporting on communities they actually live in.
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‘Finally, relief is on its way’: NY to end prison phone fees
Once a crushing cost for families desperate to stay in touch with loved ones behind bars, phone calls will now be covered by the state.
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‘This is an all-out war on the First Amendment’
CounterSpin interview with Jessica González on Trump’s FCC.