Investigating news reporting carries fundamental dangers. When the government scrutinizes what journalists choose to cover and how they cover it, the chilling effect on a free press can reach well beyond any single story, and that risk should shape how we approach this.

Did this story ever air on broadcast television? If not, I’m not sure what authority we’d have as an agency to investigate. In fact, I’m not sure the government should have a role here at all.

The FCC voted unanimously in 2024 to confirm that AI-generated voice calls are unlawful without the consent of the person being called, since an AI-cloned human voice is artificial by definition. A reversal of this interpretation would require a vote by the full Commission.

Consumers reasonably expect the rules protecting them from unwanted robocalls to hold steady while they decide how to vote, not for the FCC to change them at the 11th hour to unleash a deluge of political AI slop on their phones.

Granting this request would run counter to privacy protections Congress put into law and betray the trust consumers place in this agency to protect them from deceptive and intrusive calls.

🚨 A dark money group wants the FCC to let it unleash a flood of unwanted political AI slop straight to people's phones. Doing so would bring chaos and deception so close to Election Day. 🧵

With nearly half of Americans struggling to afford the cost of living, the Lifeline program is helping them get online and stay online. We must pursue fraud wherever the evidence leads, free from politics and without taking support away from law-abiding families who rely on Lifeline.

The FCC's sole defense is that its review was required by process. The court appeared skeptical, and rightly so. Threatening license revocation is an extreme step, basically a death sentence over a speeding ticket. I remain confident the First Amendment will prevail here

Yet again a court steps in to defend a free press and uphold the First Amendment. But this fight isn't confined to newsrooms banned from the White House. The FCC has been going after the press for coverage it doesn't like. Courts should draw that same line when its turn comes.

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez on Paramount-Warner Bros merger: “This settlement appears to pave the way for yet another massive media consolidation deal that could raise prices for consumers, reduce content diversity, and weaken editorial independence”

I'll be watching closely to see whether these promises translate into real protections or will be just words on a page.

Whether these commitments actually protect newsrooms inside CBS and CNN from political, financial, or regulatory pressure, or simply provide cover for further editorial interference, remains to be seen.

The editorial independence protections included in this settlement remain untested, and there is good reason to be skeptical they will hold up once the ink is dry.

I'm disappointed this settlement appears to be yet another massive media consolidation deal that could raise prices for consumers, reduce content diversity, and weaken editorial independence. Here is what I'll be watching closely ⬇️🧵

That's why I called for this new and novel issue to go to a full Commission vote given what's at stake. Instead, the FCC snuck this ruling out as a staff-level decision, with no public vote and no accountability for a call of this magnitude. More to come on this soon.

The FCC just let some of the most repressive governments in the world indirectly control nearly all of a combined Paramount-Warner Bros. An investment this large in one of America's biggest media companies doesn't just buy equity, it secures influence over what gets said and what gets made.

I urge broadcasters everywhere to keep resisting this pressure, and I hope courts will soon make clear that the FCC has no place dictating editorial choices or what viewers are allowed to see.

Unlike other broadcasters who have quietly capitulated, Disney’s ABC has continued to fight this unlawful coercion in court, and episodes like this one only strengthen that case.

The FCC has no lawful authority to threaten broadcast licenses over guest bookings or editorial decisions. And yet there is no way to know how many other editorial decisions across the country have quietly been shaped by this same pressure.