Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has urged networks to broadcast “patriotic, pro-America” content for the country’s 250th birthday.
Many Americans may not have known who the FCC chair is if not for recent controversies between the Trump administration and late-night television hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. Carr and the administration as a whole have been accused of stomping on First Amendment rights by trying to influence what broadcasters air.
