Broadcast Ownership Rules Are Hurting Local News: FCC Chairman
Broadcast ownership rules are helping strangle local news and must go, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in an interview last week on Nexstar's NewsNation. "We need to let some of these broadcasters get to scale so they can hire the…
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local reporters," Carr said. Asked about regulating Big Tech, he said the agency is "taking a look at a lot of different options," including reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The FCC could also play a role in "bring[ing] some greater transparency" to Big Tech, Carr added.