Article in The Verge by Emma Roth, 4/1/25
Headline: “House Democrats launch investigation into ‘bogus’ FCC probes”.
“In a letter to the FCC, Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee call out Chairman Carr’s ‘actions to target and intidimate’ media companies in violation of the First Amendment:
” ‘You have launched sham investigations into entities disfavored by President Trump, Elon Musk, and the Republican Party to censor journalists and news coverage. In the absence of actual agency authority and any real evidence of wrongdoing, your pursuit of these actions is clearly intended to punish and burden broadcasters and other media companies by inflicting incalculable reputational harm and excessive costs to defend themselves.’
“The Democrats are giving Carr until April 14th to respond to a series of questions about the FCC’s wave of investigations.”