Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr on Wednesday revived a trio of complaints his predecessor dismissed just days before President Donald Trump took office.
The reinstated complaints all come from the Center for American Rights, a Chicago-based conservative legal group. They target stations of three major broadcasters: NBC, ABC, and CBS, and focus on their coverage of last year’s presidential election.
One complaint is brought against WNBC-TV in New York for allegedly violating the “equal time” rule by allowing then-Vice President Kamala Harris to appear in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch on Nov. 2, the weekend before the election.
Another targets ABC’s Philadelphia affiliate, WPVI-TV, alleging bias during the Sept. 10 presidential debate, where moderators frequently fact-checked Trump while leaving Harris’s statements unchallenged….