{"id":204168,"date":"2026-03-15T12:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T12:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/fcc-chair-threatens-broadcasters-over-iran-war-coverage-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T12:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T12:57:16","slug":"fcc-chair-threatens-broadcasters-over-iran-war-coverage-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/fcc-chair-threatens-broadcasters-over-iran-war-coverage-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC chair threatens broadcasters over Iran war coverage – USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr\u00a0threatened to revoke broadcasters’ licenses<\/a>\u00a0over coverage of the Iran war, after President Trump<\/a> accused news outlets of “intentionally misleading” the American public.
Trump criticized print media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, for reporting Friday that Iranian strikes\u00a0damaged five U.S.\u00a0Air\u00a0Force\u00a0refueling planes<\/a>\u00a0in Saudi Arabia. The president said four of the five tanker planes suffered “virtually no damage and are already back in service.”
“The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (in particular), and other Lowlife “Papers” and Media actually want us to lose the War,” Trump said in a social media post, calling the journalists “sick and demented people.”
Carr in a follow-up post warned the FCC would consider Iran war coverage when renewing broadcasters licenses.
“Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions – also known as the fake news – have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up,” he wrote in a social media post. “The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not.”
Aaron Terr, director of public policy at The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free speech nonprofit, condemned Carr’s comment<\/a>, arguing it equated to government censorship and infringed on the First Amendment.
“The president’s hand-picked misinformation czar is at it again, singling out “fake news” that conflicts with his boss’s political agenda,” Terr wrote in a post. “The First Amendment doesn’t allow the government to censor information about the war it’s waging.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, blasted Carr’s post<\/a> as “flagrantly unconstitutional.”
“If Trump doesn’t like your coverage of the war, his FCC will pull your broadcast license,” Newsom, a fierce opponent of Trump, said March 14.
This isn’t the first time Carr has been accused of censorship. Free speech activists and opponents of Trump slammed the FCC chair in September for appearing to threaten ABC to take action against late night host Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>\u00a0over comments he made about Charlie Kirk.
Carr recently urged broadcast companies to air \u201cpatriotic, pro-America content<\/a>\u201d\u00a0as part of programming aligned with the country’s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n

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