FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies throughout a Home Power and Commerce Communications and Know-how Subcommittee listening to on “Oversight of the Federal Communications Fee” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Jan. 14, 2026.
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Federal Communications Fee Chair Brendan Carr on Saturday blasted broadcasters shortly after President Donald Trump referred to as reviews that Iran struck 5 U.S. tanker planes “faux information.”
In a publish on X, Carr additionally warned that broadcasters will lose their licenses if they do not “function within the public curiosity.”
“Broadcasters which might be working hoaxes and information distortions – also called the faux information – have an opportunity now to right course earlier than their license renewals come up,” Carr wrote within the publish, which hooked up Trump’s assertion on Reality Social earlier Saturday.
“It is vitally vital to deliver belief again into media, which has earned itself the label of faux information,” Carr added.
The Wall Avenue Journal reported on Friday that 5 refueling tankers had been struck throughout an Iranian missile strike on the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia.
Within the Reality Social publish on Saturday, Trump referred to as that an “deliberately deceptive headline,” citing the Journal, The New York Occasions and what he referred to as different “Lowlife” papers. The president additionally mentioned 4 of the 5 Air Power refueling planes hit within the Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia sustained “nearly no harm, and are already again in service.”
Trump claims one had “barely extra harm,” however shall be within the air once more shortly.
Additionally on Saturday, Trump renewed requires extra nations to ship warships to the Strait of Hormuz to defend oil pursuits there.
Late Friday, Trump mentioned Iran is “completely defeated and needs a deal” however not one he “would settle for,” two weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched joint army operations on the Center Jap nation.
The assertion got here shortly after the president introduced that the U.S. had bombed Kharg Island, a significant oil hub that serves as Iran’s major oil export terminal. Iran’s army has vowed to strike U.S.-linked oil and fuel infrastructure within the Center East if extra of its personal vitality websites are attacked.
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