The Federal Communications Commission has reinstated complaints against three news outlets after they were scrapped in the waning days of the Biden administration.
Brendan Carr, the new Republican head of the agency, has brought back cases against CBS, ABC, and NBC related to last fall’s presidential election — though a complaint against Fox will be allowed to lapse.
Previous FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, dismissed all four complaints last week, only to see most of them reinstated soon after she left.
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The CBS case relates to complaints that the network’s 60 Minutes edited an interview with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, with the Center for American Rights accusing CBS of “significant and intentional news distortion” designed to aid her campaign.
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