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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Cockburn

Trump has new plan to ‘rebalance’ media to force them to air more patriotic programming, according to FCC chair

Following the Trump administration's recent efforts to push networks to air “patriotic, pro-America” content in celebration of the country’s 250th year of independence comes a new long-term plan to "rebalance" the media to maintain this heightened nationalist sentiment permanently, according to reports.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr told The New York Post's podcast that broadcasters had accumulated such influence over audiences that new plans, which would give regional affiliates more programming power, would address and "rebalance" what he characterised as programming currently targeting an elite social class.

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