Brian Stelter: Even Ted Cruz Says He ‘Doesn’t Believe’ the FCC ‘Should Operate as Speech Police’

STELTER: “This is the comment, though, from the FCC. In the letter this afternoon, ABC hereby directed to file license renewals for all of their stations within 30 days. That‘s never happened before in my lifetime or your lifetime. This has never happened at the FCC. The way it‘s being weaponized right now. So we‘re in uncharted territory. But even senator Ted Cruz has criticized this today. It‘s not just Democratic politicians coming out against the FCC. Cruz telling punchbowl it‘s not the government‘s job to censor speech. And I don‘t believe the FCC should operate as the speech police. Most Americans agree with Ted Cruz, but President Trump has threatened TV station licenses dozens of times. You and I have talked about this before. It‘s very hard to revoke a station‘s license. But carr seems intent on trying. As a source said to me today, carr is following the president‘s instructions to the t.”

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Brian Stelter: Even Ted Cruz Says He ‘Doesn’t Believe’ the FCC ‘Should Operate as Speech Police’‘Most Americans agree with Ted Cruz’News & PoliticsRUSH EXCERPT:STELTER: “This is the comment, though, from the FCC. In the letter this afternoon, ABC hereby directed to file license renewals for all of their stations within 30 days. That‘s never happened before in my lifetime or your lifetime. This has never happened at the FCC. The way it‘s being weaponized right now. So we‘re in uncharted territory. But even senator Ted Cruz has criticized this today. It‘s not just Democratic politicians coming out against the FCC. Cruz telling punchbowl it‘s not the government‘s job to censor speech. And I don‘t believe the FCC should operate as the speech police. Most Americans agree with Ted Cruz, but President Trump has threatened TV station licenses dozens of times. You and I have talked about this before. It‘s very hard to revoke a station‘s license. But carr seems intent on trying. As a source said to me today, carr is following the president‘s instructions to the t.”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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