Brendan Carr’s FCC is more worried about who The View interviews than foreign governments owning Paramount

The FCC has announced it's waiving its rules limiting overseas equity ownership to 25 percent successful the Paramount-Warner Bros. lawsuit and volition let 3 sovereign wealthiness funds tally by the governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi to ain 49.5 percent of the company.

During Brendan Carr's tenure, the FCC has repeatedly threatened ABC, tried to block stations from airing interviews with Democrats, censored late-night TV hosts, and tried to bully journalists. However, it seems to person nary qualms with repressive overseas governments owning a important involvement successful a elephantine American media conglomerate.

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