After proudly branding itself “independent” on its own website, the FCC just tripped over semantics at this week’s oversight hearing. Under pressure from Sen. Luján, Chairman Brendan Carr admitted that the commission works on Trump’s orders, not for the public.
For years, the Federal Communications Commission has marketed itself as an “independent U.S. government agency.” The phrase was displayed prominently on its own website and repeated often enough to sound like a settled fact. But on Thursday, during a Senate Oversight hearing, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr quietly embarrassingly blew that claim up.
