Brian Stelter

Just from a pure cynical, I'm not talking about newsrooms now, okay?

I'm not talking about journalists.

I'm talking about major media company CEOs, the ones who have been caving, the ones who have been bending the knee,

If they keep doing that, isn't that going to create even more market demand for alternatives?

Isn't that going to create even more opportunity for other companies to appeal to the six and ten?

Do you see what I'm saying here?

That is exactly what my gut says.

I've been covering Brendan Carr all year.

I've been texting with him all year.

I've seen him write letter after letter, make statement after statement where he pressures these media companies in more...

thoughtful, nuanced, legalistic ways.

You know, it's clear that Carr hears Trump's threats, he hears what, Carr hears what the president wants from True Social, and presumably from private conversations, and then Carr tries to translate that in a legal, regulatory way.

Last week, Carr went a big step further, right?

And as Ted Cruz said, Carr sounded more like a mob boss.

I don't know if Carr is going to make that mistake again.

I don't know if he thinks it was a mistake, but a lot of people think it was a mistake.

I don't know if Carr will go that way again.

It seems to me he'll be more careful next time.

Yes, he sent me the Michael Scott, whatever this is called, thing.

Raising the roof.