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FCC Chair Brendan Carr Echoes Trump, Threatens Broadcasters Over 'Fake Polls'

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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and opinion polls

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  1. Truthout

    FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens Broadcasters Over Poll Coverage (opens Truthout)

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    A Democratic strategist points out that “it’s not illegal to tell the American people that Trump is a failed president.”

  2. Reason

    FCC Chair Brendan Carr Echoes Trump, Threatens Broadcasters Over 'Fake Polls' (opens Reason)

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    FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and opinion polls

  3. MS Now

    FCC Chair Brendan Carr is bringing Trump’s Censorship Industrial Complex to our elections (opens MS Now)

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    Citing “fake polls,” Carr is helping lay the groundwork for Trump to — once again — falsely claim fraud in the event of a GOP midterms wipeout.

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