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New FCC Chair To Reinstate Media Complaints Against ABC, NBC, CBS

The Republican Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission will reverse the 11th hour decision by the former Democrat chair to reject three complaints against major media outlets, sources told Newsmax’s Alana Austin.

With days left in her term under the Biden administration, Chair Jessica Rosenworcel last week announced she was dismissing four pending petitions and complaints before the FCC that she believed sought “to curtail freedom of the press.”

Three of the petitions related to coverage of the presidential campaign while one was a complaint about Fox News Channel.

New Chair Brendan Carr, who was appointed Monday by President Donald Trump, plans to reverse the dismissal of presidential election complaints against ABC, NBC and CBS, but not the one against Fox, Austin reported.

A source told Newsmax that Carr will put the ABC, NBC and CBS cases back into pending or active status. The move means the complaints against the three networks can be adjudicated on their merits.

The source added that Rosenworcel could have prevented the FCC from reversing course had she acted a few weeks earlier. That could have prevented Carr from overturning his predecessor’s decision.

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