Brian Stelter

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.

Raising the roof, yeah.

Raising the roof, yes.

He sent me that gif.

He did that in the heat of the moment, and then he didn't send any gifs again.

You know, he hasn't sent me any memes in the week since.

I think there's probably a part of him, because he's a savvy guy.

He knows how this world works.

He knows the limits of the FCC's power.

He knows that his bully pulpit is one of the most powerful tools he has.