Media Watchdog Files Appeal After FCC Fails To Reinstate Dismissed Fox Challenge

Posted on AllSides February 19, 2025

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Media and Democracy Project (MAD) filed an appeal to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after Trump-appointed commissioner Brendan Carr revived Biden-era petitions against liberal networks but not its effort to deny Fox Corporation a broadcast license for one of its local TV stations.

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