Liam Reilly
‘60 Minutes’ probe is ‘penalty,’ not ‘threat,’ per FCC chair
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, the top communications regulator, doesn’t view his investigation into CBS as “a threat” to the broadcaster. Sitting down with CNBC host Sara Eisen at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference in Los Angeles, Chairman Carr called the federal inquiry into “60 Minutes” over its October interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris a “penalty that’s in the Communications Act.” The Federal Communications Commission is investigating whether the