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Trump’s FCC chair threatens Comcast, demands changes to NBC news coverage

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72% Informative

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr accused Comcast of "news distortion" because its subsidiary NBC isn't parroting the Trump administration narrative on the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia .

Carr invoked the FCC 's rarely enforced news distortion policy to pressure licensed broadcasters that he perceives as being biased against President Trump .

Carr provided no substantive argument that NBC is guilty of news distortion.

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72

Informative language

66

Neutral language

83

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

69

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

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short-lived

Source diversity

2

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