FCC chair swats away questions about Trump's demand Comcast be punished over MSNBC coverage

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Yahoo! News/The Hill

Thu, February 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM EST


Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr did not address a social media post by President Trump demanding Comcast be forced to pay “vast sums” to the federal government when asked repeatedly about the post on Thursday.

While appearing at a media summit hosted by the news outlet Semafor, Carr said he had not seen the social media post in question, which the president made over the weekend celebrating the cancellation of MSNBC host Joy Reid’s program.

“This whole corrupt operation is nothing more than an illegal arm of the Democrat Party,” Trump wrote of Comcast, NBC Universal’s parent company. “They should be forced to pay vast sums of money for the damage they’ve done to our Country. Fake News is an UNPARDONABLE SIN!”

Ben Smith, Semafor’s editor in chief, asked Carr about the post, paraphrasing the president’s comments and asking if that was “an FCC issue.” “If I could see the quote, I’d look at it,” Carr responded. “You didn’t see it,” Smith pressed Carr. “It wasn’t directed at you?” “If it was, I didn’t see it” Carr said. “How does the president communicate with you?” Smith asked, adding that he was “surprised that a Truth Social post on the subject of media regulation didn’t make it your way.”

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[elleng]

1. ' he had not seen the social media post in question,

which the president made over the weekend celebrating the cancellation of MSNBC host Joy Reid’s program.

“This whole corrupt operation is nothing more than an illegal arm of the Democrat Party,” Trump wrote of Comcast, NBC Universal’s parent company. “They should be forced to pay vast sums of money for the damage they’ve done to our Country. Fake News is an'

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[highplainsdem]

2. Of course he'd seen. It's just standard for them to deny they've seen Trump's Truth Social posts.

[tanyev]

3. I like Carr's answer actually.

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I hate how so many media treat Trump’s social media posts as the voice of God. Every elected and appointed official should respond, “I did not see the social media post. If the president wants to send me an official request through official channels, I will be happy to take a look at it.”

[BumRushDaShow]

4. The problem was that during the first term, without consequence,

his "personal" accounts were used for governmental purposes, including disseminating policies and directives. The "official" accounts were rarely used.

This was AFTER all the "investigations" of -

[yellow dahlia]

5. .