New Carr Smell

Trump’s latest light night target is Seth Myers. He called for the host to be fired. “Less than an hour later Trump’s tirade was reposted on X by Brendan Carr, chairperson of the Federal Communications Commission.” Carr’s social media attacks on comedians and critics is disturbing. But nowhere near as disturbing as his very real, and very extreme, power to shape the future of media. The Atlantic (Gift Article): The ‘Easy Way’ to Crush the Mainstream Media. “Whoever controls communications infrastructure can shape the informational environment. Using that power to advance political objectives requires someone with both technocratic know-how and the ambition to use it. According to friends and detractors alike, Carr is that person.”