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Stabber was a policy fail, who’s the extremist party? and other commentary
November 20, 2024 | 5:00pmAfter Monday’s deadly stabbing-spree by a man “with a troubling criminal history,” City Journal’s Rafael A. Mangual asks: Why was this guy “on the street?”
Trump's FCC pick says '60 Minutes' editing scandal could affect Paramount-Skydance merger review
November 20, 2024 | 10:40amBrendan Carr said a conservative watchdog complaint that accused CBS’ “60 Minutes” of news distortion would factor into the agency’s decision on the Skydance-Paramount merger.
Trump FCC pick Brendan Carr is the free speech fighter to take on Big Tech censorship regime
November 18, 2024 | 7:09pmBrendan Carr will become head of the FCC when Trump takes office. That's great news.
Incoming FCC chair vows to 'dismantle' Big Tech's 'censorship cartel'
November 18, 2024 | 2:03pmBrendan Carr, the incoming Federal Communications Commission Chairman, has demanded answers from Big Tech firms about their involvement in what he described as an “censorship cartel” to suppress speech with...
Trump announces pick for FCC chair: 'Warrior for Free Speech'
November 17, 2024 | 8:15pmPresident-elect Donald Trump has picked senior GOP Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr to lead the agency, he announced Sunday night.
Live from New York, it's election interference!
November 3, 2024 | 12:20pmFor months, the election’s trajectory has been clear. It comes down to swing states. And to put it more bluntly, late-deciding, low-information voters in those states whose political convictions sway...
FCC Commissioner blasts Harris' SNL appearance as 'clear and blatant effort' to evade Equal Time rule
November 3, 2024 | 10:11amThe senior Republican commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission blasted Vice President Kamala Harris’ “Saturday Night Live” debut as a “clear and blatant effort” to evade the Equal Time rule....
FCC commissioner urges CBS to release the transcript from Harris' '60 Minutes' interview
October 23, 2024 | 3:34amHe expanded that it’s a matter of "journalistic practice and newsworthiness."
Watchdog files FCC complaint to demand '60 Minutes' release unedited Kamala Harris transcript
October 16, 2024 | 7:40pmThe nonprofit law firm demanded the FCC order WCBS-TV -- the network's New York City station -- to release the full, unedited "60 Minutes" interview transcript.
Dem billionaire donor’s ‘unprecedented’ purchase of radio stations before election investigated by lawmakers: 'New shortcut'
September 30, 2024 | 10:37pmThe major radio company Audacy Inc. fell into financial straits, but through a complex business deal Democratic mega donor and billionaire George Soros has gained control of the stations.
FCC delay to rollout of internet in rural communities slammed as 'worst abuse' by commissioner
September 23, 2024 | 2:16pmThe decision has been slammed by Commissioner Brendan Carr as “the worst abuse of agency process I have seen in my twelve years of working at the FCC.”
DirecTV files complaint against Disney with FCC as impasse enters 2nd week
September 8, 2024 | 8:40pmThe impasse between DirecTV and Disney over a new carriage agreement has become more heated as it entered its second week.
Court blocks FCC's reinstatement of net neutrality rules that were scrapped by Trump admin
August 1, 2024 | 7:58pmThe FCC voted in April along party lines to reassume regulatory oversight of broadband internet and reinstate open internet rules.
Dem-majority FCC helping George Soros fast-track takeover of nationwide radio network: 'This is scary'
June 18, 2024 | 3:08pmThe Audacy network includes a handful of shows with conservative hosts like Sean Hannity, Dana Loesch, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck and Erick Erickson.
T-Mobile to buy almost all of US Cellular in deal worth $4.4 billion
May 28, 2024 | 12:40pmT-Mobile is buying U.S. Cellular's wireless operations and certain spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4 billion, and further consolidating the industry. T-Mobile would get more than 4 million...
Apollo-Sony bid for Paramount could face antitrust hurdles from feds: sources
May 6, 2024 | 6:48pmApollo, which teamed with Sony to make a $26 billion all-cash bid for the Shari Redstone-controlled media conglomerate, faces an uphill fight to circumvent the FCC’s 39% cap on the...
FCC fines four wireless carriers millions for sharing customer data
May 1, 2024 | 2:39amThe FCC claimed "aggregators" that received customer location data from the carriers turned around and charged third-party location-based service providers for access at a price.
FCC reinstates net neutrality rules -- and move is slammed: 'Power grab, plain and simple'
April 25, 2024 | 1:05pmNet neutrality rules were first imposed during the Obama administration in 2015 but were repealed in 2017 after the Trump administration flipped control of the FCC.
Net neutrality push is yet another big-government power-grab by Biden
April 13, 2024 | 8:29amWith the swearing-in of President Biden's nominee Anna Gomez as commissioner last September, the Federal Communications Commission has the numbers to reinstate "net neutrality."
FCC to vote to restore landmark net neutrality rules, reversing Trump move
April 3, 2024 | 1:38pmNet neutrality refers to the principle that internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or...