The Trump administration’s FCC has taken a drastic step toward controlling the media by imposing a “bias monitor” on CBS to ensure the network never challenges his government. This move clearly undermines journalistic freedom and is more like a way of making sure CBS does not insult the administration.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under Trump’s leadership, has approved the $8 billion merger between CBS/Paramount and Skydance. The deal officially closed last Thursday, but included a highly controversial requirement: a government-assigned “bias monitor” must oversee CBS News, per Tech Dirt. The FCC’s only Democratic commissioner, Anna Gomez, has strongly condemned this decision, calling the so-called “truth-nanny” disturbing, hypocritical, and a threat to democracy.
