The MAGA Plan to Take Over TV Is Just Beginning
The New York Times••business
Key Points:
- Senator Ted Cruz, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, confronted FCC Chairman Brendan Carr over Carr's public demand to suspend Jimmy Kimmel for a controversial monologue, highlighting tensions within the Republican Party on free speech issues.
- Carr's threats against network television, including potential license revocations, sparked debate among Republicans, with some dismissing his actions as overreach while Cruz strongly condemned them as dangerous.
- Cruz has positioned himself as a free speech advocate aligned with Trump's anti-censorship stance, but faces challenges reconciling this with the administration's broader use of government power to suppress dissent and control narratives.
- The Trump administration intensified attacks on major networks, with the FCC leveraging regulatory authority to pressure broadcasters, leading to Carr's contentious
