Outgoing Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel had some choice words about Donald Trump and the threat he poses to the First Amendment.
Rosenworcel said Trump was a threat to the First Amendment for calling on the FCC to revoke licenses for broadcast television stations because he disagrees with their content and coverage.
The departing chairwoman of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, warned of efforts to tie the broadcast station license renewals to news content, as the agency dismissed a series of complaints brought from the left and the right.
It has become clear that Trump’s dissatisfaction with CBS News is proving to be a major hurdle, and Paramount will likely need to pony up concessions to win approval for its merger with
The operator of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads has been backing off moderation recently, and fact-checking has always been contentious. But it’s probably smart to do it two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office — and nominates a Federal Communications Commission head who’s threatened the company over it.
The Federal Communications Commission has dismissed a petition that challenged the renewal of Fox 29’s broadcast license, as well as three other complaints targeting local TV stations, at the direction of departing chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel.
Outgoing FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has rejected petitions to rebuke four local TV stations. She says they were efforts to punish broadcast networks' coverage of presidential politics.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks at campaign town hall for Donald Trump on Oct. 14, 2024, in Oaks, Pa. Noem is the president-elect's pick to lead the Homeland Security agency, where changes in immigration enforcement could affect schools.
Trump's inauguration comes 100 years after Calvin Coolidge’s 1925 ceremony became the first to be broadcast nationally, via radio.
Here’s what experts say about the possible closure of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.