Our goal and our obligation here is to make sure that broadcasters are serving the public interest. And if there's local TV stations that don't think that running that programming does it, then they have every right under the law in their contracts to preempt it. And we'll see how this plays out.But I do think that again, we are in the midst of a massive shift in dynamics in the media ecosystem for lots of reasons. Uh again, including the permission structure that President Trump's election has provided. An ...

Of course, another story this morning that we've mentioned a number of times is Disney, uh, which owns ABC, not that large or an important part of the overall company. Uh, nonetheless, it did pull Jimmy Kimmel alive off the air yesterday, the late night show. This after comments by the show's host uh about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.Now, those comments did prompt a regulatory threat by FCC Chair Brendan Carr. And we're now joined by Chairman Carr. Uh, good to see you, uh, Chairman.Alwa ...

the rate but ratings have come down across the board as a result of of course people just don't watch nearly like they did. I mean I can go back and so can my colleagues to remembering though the times of Johnny Carson. Now again to that point uh uh chairman I mean you know the administration in power was typically the subject of most of his jokes as would seem to be the case now.I mean these are comedians we're talking about. This is not the news. Well, look, I can tell you Jimmy Kimmel is no Johnny Carson ...

No, the RA but ratings have come down across the board as a result of of course people just don't watch nearly like they did. I mean I can go back and so can my colleagues to remembering though the times of Johnny Carson. Now again to that point uh uh chairman I mean you know the administration in power was typically the subject of most of his jokes as would seem to be the case now.I mean these are comedians we're talking about. This is not the news. Well, look, I can tell you Jimmy Kimmel is no Johnny Cars ...

Private companies that publish economic data are in the business of making a profit, says @claudia_sahm, but government statistical agencies work in the public interest (via @opinion) https://t.co/f05sgwvQRi ...

So dear friends, dear colleagues, my speech today is a great chance to advocate not only for quality and responsible journalism but also for the for the necessity imperative necessity of its sustainability. In what follows I uh will use a short form of this idea. I will say QR journalism is not a new concept.Uh it's just a way to simplify my my speech today. Maybe in the world today are millions such speeches about journalism. But I don't care. I don't think they are enough.And beside that, I come here in f ...

Epstein Files Release Demand - A group of 16 House Judiciary Committee Democrats, led by Congressman Jamie Raskin, urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to release Justice Department files mentioning Donald Trump related to Jeffrey Epstein [1] - The call for the release of Epstein files has been consistent, dating back to the Biden administration [2] - Multiple individuals, including Donald Trump, JD Vance, Dan Bonino, the FBI director, Cash Patel, and the attorney general, have publicly stated the information is of public interest and should be accessible [4] - The public believes a client list exists related to Epstein's activities [9] Potential Implications and Motivations - There are two possibilities: either Donald Trump and others are implicated and attempting a cover-up, or the initial claims were propaganda [4] - The delay in releasing the files raises suspicions of a cover-up [20] - Donald Trump may be withholding the information for coercive leverage against others [13] Call for Transparency and Investigation - Congressman Raskin plans to request Chairman Jordan to subpoena the attorney general, Dan Bonino, and Cash Patel to testify [14] - The demand is for the release of unfiltered, unredacted, and uncensored information [17] - The missing minute from the tape is a point of concern [12][17]