WASHINGTON, D.C. — Call it “equal time” or “equal opportunity” for FCC-regulated broadcast media. For the Carr Commission and the Trump Administration in the Commander-in-Chief’s second term, ensuring there’s no politically flavored tilt in the content appearing on broadcast media programming that’s more entertainment than newscast in presentation has become a top priority.
But is Television getting more scrutiny than Radio? That’s a question posed to Chairman Brendan Carr by a reporter during a post-February Open Meeting Press Conference convened by Carr on Wednesday morning, during which he had sharp words for a Texas U.S. Senate candidate.