Trump, FCC and Skydance media
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr was asked to respond to criticisms of the Trump administration's intervention in the free press.
Hours after announcing the approval of Skydance’s merger with Paramount, FCC chairman Brendan Carr touted the company’s commitment to “addressing bias & restoring fact-based reporting” at CBS News, among other things.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr released a statement announcing his approval of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media after a yearlong saga.
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Look at what is happening. NPR has been defunded, PBS has been defunded, Colbert is getting canceled,’ Brendan Carr declared when asked if Trump played a role in The Late Show coming to an end.
On Wednesday’s The View, Behar talked of Trump’s claim that his predecessor, Barack Obama, was guilty of treason, accusing his team of cooking the intelligence as a pretext for the Russian interference investigation in 2026. Through a spokesman, Obama called such claims “bizarre” and a “weak attempt at a distraction.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) blasted the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) late Thursday following its approval of a megamerger between entertainment giants Paramount and Skydance. “The appearance of this ‘wink wink’ deal basically lets every other company and every other billionaire [know] that Trump is open for business,
Brendan Carr says people must keep in mind "a broader dynamic" regarding the cancellation of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert"
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Mediaite on MSNTrump’s FCC Chair Defends Pressure Campaign on Media Corporations: ‘Time for a Change’Brendan Carr defended new Skydance-Paramount newsroom oversight, saying it's “time for a change” and aims to restore trust in media and unwind DEI policies.
Recently, comedian Stephen Colbert—whose popular CBS Late Show will be canceled next May despite being No. 1 in the late-night talk show ratings, in what many view as censorship due to his jokes about Trump—pointedly mocked the settlement the first chance he got, AP News reported.