FCC Chair Carr Launches Investigations of Major Broadcast Networks

FCC Chair Brendan Carr announced formal investigations into ABC, CBS, and NBC on the same day CBS edited a Stephen Colbert Late Show segment critical of the Trump administration before airing. Carr cited undefined public interest and equal time obligations as grounds for the probes. The simultaneous targeting of three major networks after CBS self-censored a political comedy segment demonstrated a coordinated pattern of regulatory pressure on broadcast journalism critical of the administration.