FCC Chair Carr Probes Allegations: Radio Station Tipped Off ICE Targets

[Ed Nielson]

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Drops Bombshell on Alleged ICE Tip-Offs | Joe Pags

Newly appointed FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is wasting no time tackling issues of national security and media accountability. In a recent interview with Joe Pags, Carr revealed that a California radio station is under investigation for allegedly tipping off illegal immigrants about ICE operations...

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[TheBigA]

This is a 2-week old story that is already being discussed here

https://radiodiscussions.com/threads/fcc-investigating-audacys-kcbs.775108/

Joe Pags adds nothing to the story. The station was just reporting the news from the same sources other stations used. They had no reporter on site.

The original story was that the station's news broadcast had endangered the lives of ICE agents. When that was proven wrong, they said the news broadcast tipped off immigrants. Of course the raid was already happening by the time it was reported, so it didn't tip anyone off.

I doubt very strongly that illegal immigrants listen to an all-news radio station. The FCC's main interest is the station is owned by Audacy, and their investor is a Soros-backed fund. So this really isn't about ICE or immigration. It's all about Soros.

 

[davideduardo]

I doubt very strongly that illegal immigrants listen to an all-news radio station.

What the folks demanding investigation fail to realize is part and parcel what you say. Most illegal immigrants are from Mexico and countries in Latin America. They are from the lowest income and education level classes in their homeland. They did not go to schools for long, and they did not study English in the school schools they did go to.

So to say that the newscast on an English language radio station would be listened to, and even understood by illegal Hispanic immigrants is simply quite absurd.

 

[TheBigA]

So to say that the newscast on an English language radio station would be listened to, and even understood by illegal Hispanic immigrants is simply quite absurd.

Of course you're right. But it doesn't matter, because the real purpose of the investigation is to give them cause to deny Audacy's bankruptcy plan:

Beyond this specific case, the investigation also raises broader concerns about media influence and political interference. The station in question is owned by Audacy, a major media company with financial backing from Soros-affiliated groups. Carr has previously criticized the fast-tracking of Soros-backed acquisitions of media outlets, warning that unchecked influence over the airwaves could be used for political manipulation.

So Soros is now causing a local radio station to engage in "political manipulation." Of course, Joe Pags would NEVER think of doing that himself. But the idea that an investor who has no actual control of the radio station told a newscaster to broadcast a story about an ICE raid is beyond absurd.

In the original thread on this subject, I posted links to multiple versions of the same story about the same raid quoting the same sources used by KCBS. But only one of the stations is being investigated, and it's the one with the Soros connection. Carr needed to find something negative at an Audacy station to prove his theory about Soros. This is all he's got. So he's on a publicity campaign taking it to conservative talk radio for "political manipulation."

 

[TheBigA]

A house committee has asked Brendan Carr to testify about his investigation into the Soros connection:

SCOOP: FCC to brief lawmakers on George Soros investigation in closed-door meeting

The House of Representatives' Republican Study Committee is hosting FCC Chair Brendan Carr at its weekly lunch, Fox News Digital has learned.

www.foxnews.com

From what I can see, neither Soros nor Audacy nor anyone representing the other side will be present. Only republicans.

It seems improper to me to hold a hearing about the media behind closed doors. It should be done in the daylight.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Because it’s a sham?

 

[TheBigA]

My take is they want to get the FBI involved. The FCC isn't enough.

 

[radiofan2023]

A house committee has asked Brendan Carr to testify about his investigation into the Soros connection:

SCOOP: FCC to brief lawmakers on George Soros investigation in closed-door meeting

The House of Representatives' Republican Study Committee is hosting FCC Chair Brendan Carr at its weekly lunch, Fox News Digital has learned.

www.foxnews.com

From what I can see, neither Soros nor Audacy nor anyone representing the other side will be present. Only republicans.

It seems improper to me to hold a hearing about the media behind closed doors. It should be done in the daylight.

A closed door lunch meeting is NOT the same as a formal hearing where someone is testifying to Congress.

 

[TheBigA]

A closed door lunch meeting is NOT the same as a formal hearing where someone is testifying to Congress.

However, the information gained can be used against the person or company being discussed. Correct?