- Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities. Here it is:
- As far as I know, the obligation to avoid "news distortion" (part of the public interest standard, and which could affect license renewal) applies specifically to news programming, not to documentaries (which is what the BBC program was).Nov 20, 2025 00:05