After a senator pointed out that the Federal Communications Commission website said it was “independent,” the agency removed the word.
Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, declined to tell lawmakers whether he had talked with the White House about using the FCC to penalize critics.
Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA via AP
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said on Wednesday that the FCC is not an independent agency despite its own website stating otherwise.
“The FCC is not an independent agency, formally speaking,” Carr told Democrat Sen. Ben Ray Luján asked during an oversight hearing when asked about how the agency is defined on its website.
Asked if the website was lying, Carr said, “Possibly.” Luján told him he should fix it.
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