"Blowback" basically means no consequences.

Exactly as predicted years ago. Project 2025 is still being followed, and they've accomplished over 50% of their stated goals in less than two years, with more to go.

Fascism, without the white sheets covering up all the ugly

Brendan Carr belongs in a a cell in the Hague.

The only people who still vote for them are watching network television all day, every day while their brain matter slowly drips out of their ears.

Meanwhile, Sinclair local stations happy they will get to finally wear MAGA lapel pins on air now

Fuck you.

This joker is responsible for upholding the constitution. Given that what he is saying and I assume doing is unconstitutional, will he being going to jail?

This isn't new. It's always been this way. He's just finally saying the quiet part out loud.

The FCC has always asserted governance over the airwaves on the basis that only so many frequencies are available so regulations are required to ensure their limited availability goes toward the advancement of the public good.

Because the airwaves are freely available to anyone with an antenna, one of the ways the FCC "ensures the advancement of the public good" is regulating what's allowed to be shown and said on television under the basis that children are watching at home.

The FCC has a long and varied history of enforcing censorship on the airwaves. It used to be that women's periods couldn't be mentioned, it used to be that actors had to keep one foot on the floor so they didn't show "a man and woman in bed together."

Violators have always been subject to fines and revocation of their license. Corrective action has always been at the sole discretion of the FCC. The only thing that's changed is how openly aggressive the FCC has been wielding their authority.

Historically, the FCC has always been regarded as having too much power, but they've always managed to avoid regulation by wielding it responsibly and conservatively and generally not pissing off the public to much. The current administration is highlighting why this has been a mistake.

Its like the US is saying, yeah 1930s Germany, let's have some of that shit and none of you are doing anything about it.

Works for China.

The smug look on this guy's face when he dodges questions is absolutely infuriating. He's the very picture of the banality of evil.

I hate the fact that the media keeps framing this as something they can even do.

Every accusation is a confession with republicans. Remember Democrat Censorship? Carr is literally doing that right now.

At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump stole 2016 and 2024, and tried to with 2020.

Wow. Brendan Carr is "facing blowback"? Finally some serious repercussions.

What, someone released a strongly worded letter of concern?

ABC isn't doing what these MAGA parasites claim they are, but CBS is, and they're going to get a lot worse. When MAGA loses power, the Dems will be justified in doing to CBS, what MAGA is trying to wrongly do to ABC.

Although the Trump FCC says the proceeding is over ABC’s potential violation of anti-discrimination rules with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices, it was statements by Jimmy Kimmel that seemed to spur Carr into action on Trump’s behalf. In September 2025, Carr threatened to revoke ABC station licenses for “news distortion” if they continued airing Kimmel’s show. In April of this year, Carr ordered the highly unusual ABC license review one day after Trump and the first lady called for Kimmel to be fired over a joke in which he said Melania Trump looked like an “expectant widow.”

As per the Streisand effect, let's have a moment of silence to honor the expectant widow of Pedophile Trump.