FCC investigating PBS affiliate ad targeting Senate Republicans
"I would encourage PBS & NPR to focus more on how they managed to lose America’s trust. That is their problem, not Congress’s work to ensure good stewardship of taxpayer dollars," Carr says
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is investigating a PBS affiliate that's running what appears to be political ads targeting Senate Republicans.
The PBS Kansas ad advises viewers to “call your senators today” and “tell them to vote no” on the Trump administration's proposal to strip PBS and NPR of federal funding.
"Federal law prohibits non-commercial stations—including PBS ones—from accepting money in exchange for airing political issue ads. I’ve asked the FCC’s enforcement team to determine whether or not that happened here," Carr wrote on X this week.
"I would encourage PBS & NPR to focus more on how they managed to lose America’s trust. That is their problem, not Congress’s work to ensure good stewardship of taxpayer dollars," he added.
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