{"id":4291,"date":"2026-07-23T19:46:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4291"},"modified":"2026-07-23T19:46:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:46:33","slug":"brendan-carr-fcc-chairman-first-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4291","title":{"rendered":"FCC Chairman Brendan Carr\u2019s war on the First Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">As the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr has authority over the nation\u2019s TV, radio, and internet. But since Donald Trump was elected to his second term, Carr has wielded that power to threaten broadcasters that have exercised their free speech rights to make jokes about the president. He was even able to get ABC to briefly pull Jimmy Kimmel from his late-night show. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel\/612069\/fcc-brendan-carr-elon-musk-donald-trump-first-amendment-free-speech-censorship\">As <em>The Verge<\/em> editor-in-chief Nilay Patel has said<\/a>, Carr\u2019s mission is to \u201ctrash the First Amendment.\u201d We\u2019ll be following closely as the FCC chairman attempts to erode Americans\u2019 constitutional rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/970284\/brendan-carr-fcc-chairman-first-amendment\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr has authority over the nation\u2019s TV, radio, and internet. 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