AdvertisementBrendan Carr, Trump's pick to run the FCC, says he'll be scrutinizing broadcast TV companies, like CBS and NBC. That vagueness may be the point: It could cause broadcast TV companies to think twice before running something Carr, or Trump, doesn't like. Shortly after Trump nominated Carr to lead the FCC, Carr announced that the agency would "enforce this public interest obligation." The Communications Act says you have to operate in the public interest," he said. But there is something that's different about broadcasters than, say, podcasters, where you have to operate in a public interest."

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