Brendan Carr, Trump's new drone at the head of the FCC, manufactured a fake reason for his investigation, that the two media outlets are running "commercials" when they're not supposed to. Neither have commercials. But both do acknowledge on-air corporate benefactors -- "underwriters" -- who contribute funds to keep the networks operating.
Trump has long had a hard-on to take down PBS (he doesn't listen to radio, apparently), and his hostility to any media that tells the awful truth about his government is on complete display all the time. Trump-aligned groups had brought complaints against some affiliates of CBS, NBC, and Fox (Fox too!) back during the campaign. Biden's FCC chief dismissed those complaints as politically inspired performance art, but Brenda Carr immediately reinstated them -- well, he reinstated the two against CBS and NBC but left the dismissal in place against Fox.
Full disclosure: I give a monthly donation to the NPR station at ETSU. We must keep it running and free from this black-hearted tyrant.
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