Journalism

To be honest, when I joined the Federal Communications Commission, I did not expect that defending the First Amendment would become one of the central fights of my career. But that is exactly where we find ourselves today. For almost two years, I have watched this administration wage a deliberate campaign of censorship and control against broadcasters and journalists. That is part of why I launched my First Amendment Tour, and what I heard on the road surprised me. People from every corner of the country are united in their concern about what this FCC is doing to press freedom.

Are TV broadcasters obligated to carry the U.S. president’s comments live on their government-licensed airwaves? The current head of the Federal Communications Commission indicated that he believes they are.

The widespread decline of local news is not merely a cultural or democratic crisis.

The Media and Democracy Project filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

A group of 12 states led by Democratic attorneys general sued to block Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion deal to buy Warner Bros.

Decades of mergers and acquisitions have reduced the number of major U.S. media companies to a handful of transnational conglomerates that dominate the production and circulation of news, film, television, sports, games, and other forms of media and culture. If Paramount Skydance acquires Warner Bros.

On November 13, 2025, a bipartisan group of former Federal Communications Commission officials filed a Petition for Special Relief with the Commission seeking a repeal of the FCC’s news distortion policy and subsequently filed a petition for mandamus with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia seeking to compel action by the FCC on such petition.

Comcast plans to separate its media and connectivity businesses, dismantling an earlier bet on combined entertainment and distribution in the face of intensifying competitive pressure. The cable and entertainment company, home to “Saturday Night Live,” “Law & Order” and Bravo, aims to complete a tax-free spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky, establishing a pure-play media company.

In the fight over the license renewals of eight Disney-owned ABC television stations, the Media Action Center and Frequency Forward filed a Petition to Deny at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The petition demands that the FCC grant Disney's renewal applications immediately, but warns that if Disney agrees to restrict its speech or editorial independence to secure those renewals, the groups will seek license revocation.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said that ABC is running a “campaign of misinformation” about the regulatory agency’s inquiry into the network’s daytime talk show “The View.” Disney’s ABC recently launched a campaign in opposition to the FCC’s investigation into whether “The View” should be subject to its “equal time” rules, which requir