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The FCC just issued a misleading announcement targeting certain late-night and daytime programs.
Nothing has fundamentally changed with respect to our political broadcasting rules, but this does represent an escalation in this FCC’s ongoing campaign to censor & control speech.🧵
Nothing has fundamentally changed with respect to our political broadcasting rules, but this does represent an escalation in this FCC’s ongoing campaign to censor & control speech.🧵
January 21, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The FCC just issued a misleading announcement targeting certain late-night and daytime programs.
Nothing has fundamentally changed with respect to our political broadcasting rules, but this does represent an escalation in this FCC’s ongoing campaign to censor & control speech.🧵
Nothing has fundamentally changed with respect to our political broadcasting rules, but this does represent an escalation in this FCC’s ongoing campaign to censor & control speech.🧵
Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
Phone unlocking gives consumers choice. Today’s decision takes that choice away from Verizon’s customers.
The beneficiaries won’t be consumers, but large wireless companies that want to keep people locked into their plans.
The beneficiaries won’t be consumers, but large wireless companies that want to keep people locked into their plans.
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Phone unlocking gives consumers choice. Today’s decision takes that choice away from Verizon’s customers.
The beneficiaries won’t be consumers, but large wireless companies that want to keep people locked into their plans.
The beneficiaries won’t be consumers, but large wireless companies that want to keep people locked into their plans.
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As we enter 2026, it is worth stepping back and asking what the FCC has done and where it has been directing its energy.
Too often, that energy has gone into culture-war fights instead of protecting consumers and expanding access to reliable and affordable broadband. 🧵
Too often, that energy has gone into culture-war fights instead of protecting consumers and expanding access to reliable and affordable broadband. 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
As we enter 2026, it is worth stepping back and asking what the FCC has done and where it has been directing its energy.
Too often, that energy has gone into culture-war fights instead of protecting consumers and expanding access to reliable and affordable broadband. 🧵
Too often, that energy has gone into culture-war fights instead of protecting consumers and expanding access to reliable and affordable broadband. 🧵
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AT&T's reversal isn't a sudden transformation of values, but a strategic financial play to curry favor with this FCC and this Administration.
Companies should remember that abandoning fairness and inclusion for short-term gain will be a stain to their reputation long into the future.
Companies should remember that abandoning fairness and inclusion for short-term gain will be a stain to their reputation long into the future.
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
AT&T's reversal isn't a sudden transformation of values, but a strategic financial play to curry favor with this FCC and this Administration.
Companies should remember that abandoning fairness and inclusion for short-term gain will be a stain to their reputation long into the future.
Companies should remember that abandoning fairness and inclusion for short-term gain will be a stain to their reputation long into the future.
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These are business decisions that must be made on the merits, not on the whims of the White House.
Undue government pressure on the press is dangerous and undemocratic.
Regardless of party, we should all be concerned when government actors seek to dictate press coverage.
Undue government pressure on the press is dangerous and undemocratic.
Regardless of party, we should all be concerned when government actors seek to dictate press coverage.
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
These are business decisions that must be made on the merits, not on the whims of the White House.
Undue government pressure on the press is dangerous and undemocratic.
Regardless of party, we should all be concerned when government actors seek to dictate press coverage.
Undue government pressure on the press is dangerous and undemocratic.
Regardless of party, we should all be concerned when government actors seek to dictate press coverage.
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CHOKEHOLD captures the repeating patterns of censorship and analyzes the hallmarks of Trump’s censorship playbook in 2025.
Free Press and @attorneynora.bsky.social identified five core findings that are explored in detailed throughout the report.
Here’s a highlight of each one.
A 🧵 1/5...
Free Press and @attorneynora.bsky.social identified five core findings that are explored in detailed throughout the report.
Here’s a highlight of each one.
A 🧵 1/5...
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
CHOKEHOLD captures the repeating patterns of censorship and analyzes the hallmarks of Trump’s censorship playbook in 2025.
Free Press and @attorneynora.bsky.social identified five core findings that are explored in detailed throughout the report.
Here’s a highlight of each one.
A 🧵 1/5...
Free Press and @attorneynora.bsky.social identified five core findings that are explored in detailed throughout the report.
Here’s a highlight of each one.
A 🧵 1/5...
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A free press cannot function if the government is able to exercise veto power over critical reporting simply by refusing to engage.
The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.
The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.
December 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A free press cannot function if the government is able to exercise veto power over critical reporting simply by refusing to engage.
The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.
The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.
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“I am concerned that the level of consolidation in this country is actually reducing the incentives that lead to lower costs for consumers.” @agomezfcc.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“I am concerned that the level of consolidation in this country is actually reducing the incentives that lead to lower costs for consumers.” @agomezfcc.bsky.social
Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
Wait until they hear that the FCC plans to let billion-dollar media companies get even bigger at the expense of local news and community-driven reporting.
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Wait until they hear that the FCC plans to let billion-dollar media companies get even bigger at the expense of local news and community-driven reporting.
Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
The FCC doesn’t get to decide whether the news coverage of those in power is acceptable.
It has neither the legal authority nor the constitutional right to pursue broadcasters for their journalism.
These threats sound ominous, but they’re empty.
It has neither the legal authority nor the constitutional right to pursue broadcasters for their journalism.
These threats sound ominous, but they’re empty.
Trump again threatens ABC's broadcast license, this time over Epstein questions.
The threat came after questions about whether he would order the files released without congressional consent.
The threat came after questions about whether he would order the files released without congressional consent.
Trump again threatens ABC's broadcast license, this time over Epstein questions
Trump’s threat came after questions about whether he would order the files released without congressional consent, as well as those related to the 2018 assassination of a Washington Post columnist.
politi.co
November 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The FCC doesn’t get to decide whether the news coverage of those in power is acceptable.
It has neither the legal authority nor the constitutional right to pursue broadcasters for their journalism.
These threats sound ominous, but they’re empty.
It has neither the legal authority nor the constitutional right to pursue broadcasters for their journalism.
These threats sound ominous, but they’re empty.
Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
The FCC okays an egregious transfer of wealth from vulnerable families to monopoly providers. We have to do better by families reliant on calls to incarcerated persons. Rate caps cannot be based on hyperbolic threats or costs unrelated to providing service.
The FCC sets the maximum price prison telecom companies can charge incarcerated individuals to make phone calls — and now, they're allowing these companies to charge nearly double the price.
Families need to be able to contact their incarcerated loved ones without being extorted.
Families need to be able to contact their incarcerated loved ones without being extorted.
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls
Brendan Carr, the F.C.C. chairman, cited security concerns in rolling back most of the lower costs he voted for last year.
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The FCC okays an egregious transfer of wealth from vulnerable families to monopoly providers. We have to do better by families reliant on calls to incarcerated persons. Rate caps cannot be based on hyperbolic threats or costs unrelated to providing service.
Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
Transcription of FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez's speech at the Grassroots Radio Conference (12 September 2025) about the current FCC's threats to freedom of speech and press - horvitz.multiplace.org/FCC-GOMEZ-SP...
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Transcription of FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez's speech at the Grassroots Radio Conference (12 September 2025) about the current FCC's threats to freedom of speech and press - horvitz.multiplace.org/FCC-GOMEZ-SP...
Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
Audio recording of FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez's keynote address to the Grassroots Radio Conference, Spokane, Washington, 12 September 2025, describing how the FCC threatens freedom of speech & the press. Followed by her answers to questions from the audience horvitz.multiplace.org/FCC-GOMEZ-SP...
horvitz.multiplace.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Audio recording of FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez's keynote address to the Grassroots Radio Conference, Spokane, Washington, 12 September 2025, describing how the FCC threatens freedom of speech & the press. Followed by her answers to questions from the audience horvitz.multiplace.org/FCC-GOMEZ-SP...
Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
I'm glad to see journalists' courage in pushing back against the Administration's attempt to censor the media. Our Fourth Estate must be free to hold power to account without fear or favor.
The policy says reporters cannot obtain or solicit any information the Defense Department does not explicitly authorize.
Media members that don't sign the policy by its deadline have 24 hours to turn in their media credentials and clear out of Pentagon facilities.
https://wapo.st/3KOrokC
Media members that don't sign the policy by its deadline have 24 hours to turn in their media credentials and clear out of Pentagon facilities.
https://wapo.st/3KOrokC
October 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I'm glad to see journalists' courage in pushing back against the Administration's attempt to censor the media. Our Fourth Estate must be free to hold power to account without fear or favor.
Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
Preparations for the FCC's October Open Meeting are still underway during the government shutdown.
My office welcomes requests for ex parte meetings regarding the nine items on the agenda.
Sunshine is Tuesday, October 21.
My office welcomes requests for ex parte meetings regarding the nine items on the agenda.
Sunshine is Tuesday, October 21.
October 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Preparations for the FCC's October Open Meeting are still underway during the government shutdown.
My office welcomes requests for ex parte meetings regarding the nine items on the agenda.
Sunshine is Tuesday, October 21.
My office welcomes requests for ex parte meetings regarding the nine items on the agenda.
Sunshine is Tuesday, October 21.
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“What the administration is doing violates the First Amendment and the Communications Act,” Anna Gomez (the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner) told TNR's Greg Sargent, noting that the government is “using the public interest standard to go after anything it doesn’t like.”
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Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse Than You Think It Is
Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, tells TNR that chairman Brendan Carr’s move violates both the First Amendment and the Communications Act. Democrats must extract consequences.
trib.al
September 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“What the administration is doing violates the First Amendment and the Communications Act,” Anna Gomez (the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner) told TNR's Greg Sargent, noting that the government is “using the public interest standard to go after anything it doesn’t like.”
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Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
The Desk - FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner calls on the agency to put a firm definition on what it means for a local television or radio broadcaster to serve in the “public interest.” https://thedesk.net/2025/10/fcc-anna-gomez-public-interest-definition/
FCC Commissioner Gomez: Time for firm “public interest” definition
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez (left) speaks with Steve Herman, the Executive Director of the Jordan Center at the University of Mississippi’s School of Journalism. (Still frame via web broadcast, Graphic by The Desk)
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) lone Democratic commissioner has called on the agency to put a firm definition on what it means for a local television or radio broadcaster to serve in the “public interest.”
Speaking on Thursday at the University of Mississippi’s Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said the agency requires local TV and radio stations to commit to certain public interest standards, though regulators have never definitively said what constitutes that type of service.
Historically, licensed radio and TV stations have pointed to news programming and community events as proof of service in the public interest. But in recent years, Gomez noted that some regulators have leveraged a broadcaster’s public interest obligation to censor certain political and social commentary.
Such was the case last month, when FCC Chairman Brendan Carr urged the owners of ABC-affiliated stations to pre-empt episodes of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” because of the comedian’s critical remarks about President Donald Trump and his supporters during a monologue aired two days earlier.
Hours after Carr’s remarks, Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair, Inc. announced a blackout of Kimmel’s show on their local ABC affiliates. Both broadcasters have pending business deals that require FCC approval, but each said those deals did not play a factor in their decision to pull the show.
Disney, the parent company of ABC, put Kimmel’s program on a temporary hiatus based in part on the decision by Nexstar and Sinclair to block the show. The show returned the following week, and Nexstar and Sinclair allowed its affiliates to start airing the program a few days later.
In news interviews during and after the hiatus, Carr downplayed his influence in the matter, saying it was broadcasters who decided to pull the show based on their public interest obligations. He reiterated the point during the FCC’s open meeting on Tuesday, during which he said prior FCC administrators had failed to uphold the public interest requirement of local TV broadcasters.
“I think for several years or decades, the FCC has walked away from enforcing the public interest standard when it comes to local broadcasters,” Carr said. “I don’t think the FCC walking away from enforcing the public interest standard has been a good thing.”
Gomez agreed that broadcasters should be held to certain public interest obligations as a condition of being allowed to use publicly-held radio spectrum for their TV and radio broadcasts, but said a lack of a firm definition on what constitutes the “public interest” gave too much latitude for Carr and future FCC chairs to weaponize that requirement to satisfy their own political desires.
“I have called for the commission to initiate a rulemaking to define what it means by the public interest,” Gomez said on Thursday. “Otherwise, we’re just regulating against what we don’t like, and that is a direct violation of the First Amendment.”
The process of putting a definition to the public interest obligation starts with the FCC issuing a notice of proposed of rulemaking (NPRM), something the agency has yet to do. Even if it does, it is likely that Gomez will have differing views on the public interest standard from Carr and FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty, who are both Republicans.
For now, the FCC maintains a slim Republican majority because of two vacancies. President Donald Trump has not nominated anyone to fill those vacancies; by law, he is only allowed to nominate one other Republican while Carr and Trusty are in office, though he can fill the second vacancy with someone who isn’t a registered Republican yet holds politically conservative views.
Even if Trump stacks the FCC in a way that favors right-of-center policies, Gomez said she is encouraged by those on both sides of the aisle who spoke out against Carr’s efforts to censor Kimmel when his show was put on hiatus. That gives her hope that, even if Trump fills the two vacancies with people aligned with conservative values, there will be adequate pushback by lawmakers and those in influential positions to ensure the FCC doesn’t turn into an agency of political censorship.
“It is a traditional conservative platform to protect freedom of speech, and there are a lot of very alarmed people out there now,” Gomez said. “Why? Because they fear it will come back to haunt them later.”
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thedesk.net
October 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The Desk - FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner calls on the agency to put a firm definition on what it means for a local television or radio broadcaster to serve in the “public interest.” https://thedesk.net/2025/10/fcc-anna-gomez-public-interest-definition/
Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
MPB - Anna Gomez, the lone Democratic Party FCC commissioner, talked in Mississippi about her range of fears — from stonewalling outlets like the Associated Press, to threatening broadcasters over news coverage, to funding challenges for public media. www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/...
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez: Attacks on First Amendment can’t become ‘new normal’
Gomez made a stop at the University of Mississippi on her speaking tour to discuss concerns that the FCC is being used to censor and control news broadcasters.
www.mpbonline.org
October 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
MPB - Anna Gomez, the lone Democratic Party FCC commissioner, talked in Mississippi about her range of fears — from stonewalling outlets like the Associated Press, to threatening broadcasters over news coverage, to funding challenges for public media. www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/...
Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
Nexstar and Sinclair are two large corporate behemoths.
They are imposing their values upon the local affiliates.
And they are putting their corporate interest above the public interest.
They are imposing their values upon the local affiliates.
And they are putting their corporate interest above the public interest.
September 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Nexstar and Sinclair are two large corporate behemoths.
They are imposing their values upon the local affiliates.
And they are putting their corporate interest above the public interest.
They are imposing their values upon the local affiliates.
And they are putting their corporate interest above the public interest.
Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
Today marks the end of my second year as a Commissioner.
I am honored to continue working to promote a vibrant, strong, and competitive telecommunications and media marketplace that serves the American people. 🧵
I am honored to continue working to promote a vibrant, strong, and competitive telecommunications and media marketplace that serves the American people. 🧵
September 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Today marks the end of my second year as a Commissioner.
I am honored to continue working to promote a vibrant, strong, and competitive telecommunications and media marketplace that serves the American people. 🧵
I am honored to continue working to promote a vibrant, strong, and competitive telecommunications and media marketplace that serves the American people. 🧵
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez explains the serious financial interest media conglomerate Nexstar has in sucking up to Donald Trump, including on matters like Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.
September 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez explains the serious financial interest media conglomerate Nexstar has in sucking up to Donald Trump, including on matters like Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.
Reposted by Anna M. Gomez
I am glad to see Disney find its courage in the face of clear government intimidation.
More importantly, I want to thank those Americans from across the ideological spectrum who spoke loudly and courageously against this blatant attempt to silence free speech. 🧵
More importantly, I want to thank those Americans from across the ideological spectrum who spoke loudly and courageously against this blatant attempt to silence free speech. 🧵
September 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I am glad to see Disney find its courage in the face of clear government intimidation.
More importantly, I want to thank those Americans from across the ideological spectrum who spoke loudly and courageously against this blatant attempt to silence free speech. 🧵
More importantly, I want to thank those Americans from across the ideological spectrum who spoke loudly and courageously against this blatant attempt to silence free speech. 🧵
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Anna Gomez, the lone Democrat on the US Federal Communications Commission, said President Donald Trump wouldn’t legally be able to make good on threats to pull TV station licenses over content he doesn’t like.
FCC’s Gomez Says Trump Can’t Revoke TV Station Licenses
Anna Gomez, the lone Democrat on the US Federal Communications Commission, said President Donald Trump wouldn’t legally be able to make good on threats to pull TV station licenses over content he doesn’t like.
bloom.bg
September 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Anna Gomez, the lone Democrat on the US Federal Communications Commission, said President Donald Trump wouldn’t legally be able to make good on threats to pull TV station licenses over content he doesn’t like.
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WATCH: On his podcast, Sen. Ted Cruz likened Trump’s FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to a mobster and called the government pressure to suspend Jimmy Kimmel “unbelievably dangerous.” FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez joins Chris Hayes to discuss that and more.
'Right out of Goodfellas': Cruz defies Trump on Kimmel, calls out 'mafioso' tactics
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
WATCH: On his podcast, Sen. Ted Cruz likened Trump’s FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to a mobster and called the government pressure to suspend Jimmy Kimmel “unbelievably dangerous.” FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez joins Chris Hayes to discuss that and more.
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