Brendan Carr

That's effectively right.

That's how the rule operates.

And again, the idea here is let's let individual people, voters get more information and they pick the winners of primaries and of generals.

Let's not have the media gatekeepers abuse their position of power, the position of public trust, of being on the airwaves.

to unfairly advantage one candidate or party over another so it's a leveling of the playing field it's about more speech not less but again people can go to congress and try to change it i would love for anybody who wants to make the fcc smaller or any government agency smaller um and well you're right well enough to know that you're the same and we're and we are doing it we're actually running you know the largest deregulatory

initiative in the agency's history we've gone through our big stack of code of federal regulations and we are deleting and deleting and deleting we're getting rid of hundreds of regulations at this point a lot of dead wood a lot of regulations we don't need on the broadcast side though again it's just it's a fundamentally different medium and on social media my position is very clear and continues to be we want wide open robust uninhibited debate um and that's what we want to see

But if you want to be on the unique medium of broadcast TV, you've got to comply with the rules of the road there.

Yhdysvaltain puheenvuorossa demokraatit voivat lopulta käsitellä FCCin järjestäjä, Brendan Carrin järjestäjää. Hän on se, joka vaikuttaa revokaatioon ABC-lainsääntöä, jos he eivät virtaista Jimmy Kimmelä. Hän on se, joka on laittanut tutkimuksia.

jokaiselle media-networkille, joka on televisiossa, joka keskustellaan Trumpia negatiivisella näkökulmalla. Demokraatit olivat erinomaisia tämän keskustelun jälkeen. He saivat Brendan Carrin huomioon, että hän ei enää arvaa FCCtä,

to be an independent agency despite the fact that while this cross-exam was taking place, the FCC's website said that it was an independent agency. I want you to watch as Democratic Senator Lu Han cross-examines Brendan Carr and Brendan Carr is forced to concede that he and Donald Trump no longer view the FCC as independent. Here, play this clip. The FCC is an independent agency.

Senator, thanks for that question. Yes or no is all we need, sir. Yes or no, is it independent? Well, there's a test for this in the law, in the key portion of that test. Yes or no, Brendan? The key portion of that test is... Okay, I'm going to go to Commissioner Trustee. So just so you know, Brendan, on your website, it just simply says, man, the FCC is independent. This isn't a trick question. Okay, the FCC is not independent. So is your website wrong? Is your website lying?

Voisin sanoa, että FCC ei ole ilmainen järjestö, koska... Okei, voinko lukea sinulle, että FCC on tehtävä onnistuminen FCC-järjestöstä. Ilmainen yhdysvaltainen järjestö, jota kongressi johtaa. Onko se todellista vai onko se väärä? FCC ei ole ilmainen järjestö. Onko tämä totta vai onko tämä väärä? Minulla on kysymys.

Okay, thank you chairman, I'll get back to you. Chairman, I have a little bit of a time, I'll get back to you. The FCC is not an independent agency, formally speaking. Appreciate you saying that and being honest with the American people. Commissioner Trustee? Senator, thank you for the question. The president is the chief executive vested with all executive power in our government, and FCC commissioners are not, we do not have for-cause removal protections, which means that we aren't independent.

So is your website lying? I can't speak to the website. I've not seen that. You all are the commissioners in charge of this place, right? So this stuff has to be approved by one of you. If this is lying, then you should just fix it. Let me just say that. That wasn't even my gotcha question. I'm surprised that I've burned up three minutes talking about this damn thing. Commissioner Gomez? Yes, and we should be. I appreciate that. Well, Mr. Chairman, if I could just submit the printout of the homepage of the FCC into the record map. It says it's an independent agency, and if it's not true, then...

Changed it without objection. I appreciate that, sir. Then you have Democratic Senator Kim with his cross exam saying, let's just go back to what you just said. So you're now claiming that the FCC is not independent and you're just a stooge of Donald Trump. So you're finally admitting it. Here, play this clip.

Chairman Carr, I guess I just wanted to start with you. I was confused after hearing your response to one of my colleagues about the status of the FCC. I want to read you a quote here and see if you agree with it. Congress long ago determined that the FCC an independent expert agency. Is that correct or not? There's been sort of a sea change in sort of the law in the approach since I think I wrote that sentence. I'm assuming you gave it to me. You said it in front of Congress. Right.

The view has been that the Communications Act was passed in 1934, one year before Humphreys executor. And so Congress did not include in the Communications Act for cause removal of FCC commissioners. So I can be fired by the president for no reason or any reason at all.

The theory had been that courts would read fore-cause removal into the statute, and that was the basis for that viewpoint. I think now it's clear that that's not the case. And so, formally speaking, the FC isn't independent, because we don't have that key piece, which is fore-cause removal protection. So when you're talking about all-power vesting the president, I just want to read this a little more, because you're saying...

Not just that it is an independent agency, but you're saying that Congress did not want these technical decisions to be made in a haphazard manner or based on misinformation or short-term political interest. Now, right after Brendan Carr made that stunning admission after cross-examination, the FCC immediately changed its website.

Joten FCC-sivustolla keskustelun jälkeen sanotaan, että FCC on alueellinen järjestö, koska se oli aina arvioitu alueellisena järjestönä. Sitten he purkaisivat kieltä alueellinen järjestö sivustolla. Voit nähdä sen täällä. Lisää keskustelua Demokraattisen senaattorin Kimin kanssa. Katsotaan tässä videon.