Senators urge FCC chair to end probes into CBS News, other media outlets [View all]

Source: Reuters

July 16, 2025 4:07 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago


WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) - Two Democratic U.S. senators on Wednesday urged Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr to end investigations into CBS News and other media outlets.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Ed Markey, in a letter to Carr first reported by Reuters, urged the commission "to end its partisan attacks on CBS and cease interfering with the judgment of independent news organizations."

The FCC is investigating allegations by President Donald Trump that CBS selectively edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris for the "60 Minutes" program when she was running against Trump in the 2024 election campaign. Trump also sued CBS, alleging the network deceptively edited the Harris interview in an effort to "tip the scales in favor of the Democratic Party” in the election.

The letter from Schumer and Markey suggested that the commission was using a double standard, and cited Fox News' editing of a June 2024 interview with then-candidate Trump over potential release of files regarding accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

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