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FCC chair faces questions about threats to broadcasters and agency's independence

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr answered questions from senators about threats to broadcast licenses, investigations into news outlets and allegations that he's weaponizing the FCC.

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David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.

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