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Carr has publicly denied allegations that he is leveraging the FCC to retaliate against media outlets that criticize President Donald Trump.

Free Press Co-CEO Jessica J. González talks to FAIR about the Trump FCC’s threats to press freedom and free speech.

McChesney was a tireless champion for media democracy who advocated for publicly funded media and spoke out against corporate media consolidation.

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said that Brendan Carr is overstepping his authority as FCC chairman with these investigations.

FCC Chairman Carr’s decision to reopen a baseless complaint against CBS for news distortion is just one of many ways he’s abusing his power to target press freedom.

McChesney warned decades ago that corporate consolidation of the press was putting too much power in the hands of wealthy interests, and was an early critic of Big Tech.

McChesney’s North Star was always a better society served by truly democratic media.

Robert McChesney understood very well that the media hugely affects how people came to view the world, and it matters hugely who controls it.

McChesney co-founded the advocacy group Free Press and wrote nearly three dozen books on media, democracy and digital rights.

McChesney’s books and radio broadcasts denounced corporate domination of mass media.