{"id":161906,"date":"2021-02-22T20:52:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T01:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=161906"},"modified":"2021-02-22T21:14:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T02:14:24","slug":"fcc-commissioner-blasts-democrats-for-pressuring-providers-to-drop-right-wing-news-orgs-from-cable-chilling-transgression-of-the-free-speech-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fcc-commissioner-blasts-democrats-for-pressuring-providers-to-drop-right-wing-news-orgs-from-cable-chilling-transgression-of-the-free-speech-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Commissioner Blasts Democrats For Pressuring Providers To Drop Right-Wing News Orgs From Cable: \u2018Chilling Transgression Of The Free Speech Rights\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffcc-commissioner-blasts-democrats-for-pressuring-providers-to-drop-right-wing-news-orgs-from-cable-chilling-transgression-of-the-free-speech-rights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=161906&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/A-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Brandon Carr, one of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/PWITb\">four<\/a> current FCC commissioners, slammed House Democrats in a statement on Monday afternoon for trying to crackdown on right-leaning television channels in response to the events that happened after the November elections, saying that Democrats were trying to stifle \u201cpolitical dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (CA) and Jerry McNerney (CA) wrote a letter to cable news providers and streaming platforms pressuring them on the issue of combatting \u201cthe spread of dangerous disinformation.\u201d Companies that received the letter include Comcast, AT&#038;T, Spectrum, Dish, Verizon, Cox, Altice, Roku, Amazon, Apple, Google and Hulu. The letter was sent in advance of a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing this Wednesday, dubbed \u201cFanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo our knowledge, the cable, satellite and over-the-top companies that disseminate these media outlets to American viewers have done nothing in response to the misinformation aired by these outlets,\u201d the letter said, according to The New York Times. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/22\/business\/media\/disinformation-cable-television.html\">report<\/a> specifically targeted right-leaning news networks ranging from mainstream companies like Fox News to more fringe networks like OAN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you planning to continue carrying Fox News, OANN and Newsmax on your platform both now and beyond the renewal date?\u201d the letter says. \u201cIf so, why?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat steps did you take prior to, on and following the Nov. 3, 2020, elections and the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks to monitor, respond to and reduce the spread of disinformation, including encouragement or incitement of violence by channels your company disseminates to millions of Americans?\u201d the letter asked.<\/p>\n<p>Carr slammed Democrats\u2019 \u201cchilling\u201d attack on free speech in a statement he released following The New York Times\u2019 report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, two senior Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee selectively targeted a handful of news media outlets for their coverage of political events,\u201d Carr said. \u201cBy writing letters to the cable providers and other regulated entities that carry these news media outlets, the Democrats are sending a message that is as clear as it is troubling-these regulated entities will pay a price if the targeted newsrooms do not conform to Democrats\u2019 preferred political narratives. This is a chilling transgression of the free speech rights that every media outlet in this country enjoys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDebate on matters of public interest should be robust, uninhibited, and wide open. More speech is better than less,\u201d he said. \u201cYet the conceited effort by Democrats to drive political dissent from the public square represents a marked departure from these First Amendment norms. A newsroom \u2018s decision about what stories to cover and how to frame them should be beyond the reach of any government official, not targeted by them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the House Democrats that used their official letterhead to launch this inquiry, I would say this: Your demand to know the \u2018moral principles\u2019 that guide a private entity \u2018s decision about what news to carry cannot be reconciled with bedrock principles of free speech and journalistic freedom,\u201d the statement concluded.\u00a0\u201cI call on my FCC colleagues to join me in publicly denouncing this attempt to stifle political speech and independent news judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Carr, one of four current FCC commissioners, slammed House Democrats in a statement on Monday afternoon for trying to crackdown on right-leaning television channels in response to the events &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2273994,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/A-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FCC Commissioner Blasts Democrats For Pressuring Providers To Drop Right-Wing News Orgs From Cable: \u2018Chilling Transgression Of The Free Speech Rights\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/A-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FCC Commissioner Blasts Democrats For Pressuring Providers To Drop Right-Wing News Orgs From Cable: \u2018Chilling Transgression Of The Free Speech Rights\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}