Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s approach to confronting legacy media outlets has created widespread turmoil in the US news industry.
in a policy discussion hosted On March 10, Breitbart News Washington bureau chief Matt Boyle asked Carr about the criticism he had received.
“We’ve seen a number of different people in the establishment media. They’ve called you Trump’s pitbull in the media. We’ve seen South Park You tell me about yourself. We’ve seen all kinds of different things, Boyle said.
then boil Asked Carr will have to explain how he approaches his role as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in Donald Trump’s administration and what he hopes to accomplish in the position.
Carr responded, “President Trump is fundamentally reshaping the entire media ecosystem.” “He’s doing it in ways that most people don’t even understand. They think it’s, you know, very obvious, secret things happening. It’s not like that at all.”
Carr said the change began with how Trump engaged with the national press during his political campaigns.
“When President Trump ran, especially in this recent period, and every time since, he really ran directly at the legacy national news media,” Carr said. “For so long, politicians just accepted the narrative that they were assigned, and they didn’t want to fight that narrative. They didn’t want to push back. They didn’t have a soapbox big enough of their own to push back on. They just took the narrative.”
Carr argued that Trump’s approach changed the dynamics between elected officials and major media organizations.
Carr commented, “President Trump fundamentally disrupted this.” “They set the terms of the debate. And too many politicians have become accustomed to the terms of the debate being set by the legacy media.”
“And once President Trump did that, he really broke down the pretense that those gatekeepers get to control what we think and what we say,” Carr said.
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Carr pointed to several developments that he said reflect changes occurring within the media industry.
Carr commented, “You start to see the consequences of his decision that, you know, legacy media is the emperor without clothes.” “You’re seeing all kinds of changes now, right? NPR ran out of money. PBS ran out of money. A lot of legacy reporters from Jim Acosta to Don Lemon are losing their jobs. You’re seeing a lot of change and upheaval in the media ecosystem.”
Carr concluded, “Again, I think it basically goes back to what Trump said is that you don’t get a chance to set the narrative anymore.”
