FCC commissioner wants to shift legacy media power from national to local hands

With the confidence in the inherited media that collapse, the FCC commissioner, Brendan Carr, suggested that the solution was clear – to remove the influence of national guards and return in local hands.

“Something should change …” said Carr during “mediabuzz” on Sunday.

“What the FCC is busy is to ensure that the diffusion supports – no cable – [operates in the public interest]So I think that is one of the things we push, that is how do we re-examine these diffusers that really serve the interests of their local communities? “”

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The President of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Brendan Carr (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, included via Getty Images)

“Much of this is now motivated by national programmers, whether ABC, CBS or NBC,” he continued, “so one of the things we try to do with the FCC is the way we dressed local, constrain the power of these national programmers so that these broadcasters can really serve their local communities.”

Carr’s comments came after his agency approved A takeover of Paramount and CBS by the Skydance entertainment studio last month.

The approval occurred in the heels of CBS announcing the future disappearance of “late show” by Stephen Colbert and the legal saga of President Donald Trump with the network during the “60-minute” interview edition, fueling the allegations of rear-shop traffic and political pressure behind the approval of the merger.

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The signaling is seen at the headquarters of the Federal Commission for Communications in Washington, DC, United States, August 29, 2020. (Photo Reuters / Andrew Kelly / File)

Skydance denied any role in the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s late evening program, saying that she had been informed after the decision and had fully respected in anti-corruption laws. The defense came in a letter from the Skydance Advocate General, Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon, to the Democrats du Senate, who raised questions about political pressure before the acquisition of Paramount.

Carr, however, has framed the moment as part of a seismic change in the way the media power is structured and which controls the story, because it rented Skydance’s commitment to bring more balanced news.

“There are seismic changes at the moment in the inherited media landscape. There are many reasons for that, but fundamentally, I think that goes to President Trump,” said Carr.

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“He ran directly on the Legacy national media, and he broke the facade they have decided to think and what we can say … Until now, they were guards, and no one has had the courage to call them, number one. And the number two, we did not have access to the wide variety of information, on the Internet, streaming, social media, to realize that

“There is a real credibility crisis at the moment for the inherited media, whether from coche original stories, whether it is the list and confidence in the consumer media. Not for exactly the reasons they think.”

Joseph A. Wulfsohn and David Rutz of Fox News contributed to this report.