How FCC chair Brendan Carr is leading Trump's charge against the media

David Folkenflik

September 19, 2025 / 10:27 am

When President Trump announced last fall that he would name Brendan Carr to be the nation's leading broadcast regulator, he called Carr " a warrior for Free Speech ."

In the eight months since becoming chair of the Federal Communications Commission, however, Carr has waged war against the free speech of those who have reported on, criticized, or satirized the president. And Carr has the president's ear, according to a person who knows both men and requested anonymity because they did not have authorization to speak to the media.

On Air Force One Thursday, Trump said that the broadcast networks were "97% against me."

"They give me only bad press," Trump said

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