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Public Citizen spoke to Free Press Action Co-CEO Jessica J. González about the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, corruption in Trump’s Justice Department and more.

The lone Democrat on the FCC said Brendan Carr’s plan would “destroy local newsrooms, silence community reporting, and drive-up costs for the American families.”

Critics warn that repealing the broadcast-ownership rule would harm local journalism through reduced competition.

While some Georgia newsrooms are shrinking or closing down, two of the state’s largest local publications are being reimagined as nonprofit newsrooms. 

“Brendan Carr cannot undo the limit that Congress set just because he feels like it,” said Free Press’ Matt Wood.

“Clayton blatantly ducked and dodged when asked to clarify whether his loyalties lie with President Trump versus the U.S. Constitution,” said Free Press Action’s Jenna Ruddock.

Making a Trump loyalist the director of national intelligence would undermine national security and devastate the civil liberties of everyone in the United States.

Brendan Carr’s arrogance matches that of his boss Donald Trump as the FCC chairman works to bend or break every rule to grow his own power and aid his political allies.

“Any merger of this scale would weaken journalists’ ability to hold those in power accountable,” said Free Press Co-CEO Jessica J. González.

Free Press hails this state-led effort to defend consumer choice and journalism against a billionaire push to censor and control the media.