Conservative news broadcast giants that have curried favor with President Donald Trump are now urging the administration to eliminate rules holding back their monopolization of local and national TV stations.

News broadcast giants that have curried favor with President Donald Trump and disseminated right-wing talking points are now urging the administration to eliminate rules holding back their monopolization of local and national TV stations, under the guise of competition with Big Tech companies, according to documents reviewed by the Lever.

Amid a multimillion-dollar lobbying and media blitz on the matter, the companies could find an ally in the country’s top communications regulator, Brendan Carr, who championed abolishing regulations limiting corporate ownership of local news statio

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