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Implausible Deniability at the FCC

Brendan Carr is speaking loudly and wielding the government’s big stick—and he knows it.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Testifies On Capitol Hill During House Hearing
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr prepares to testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by John McDonnell/Getty Images)

First there was a spark, then there was a conflagration. There is some dispute about who fanned the flames.

Last Monday night’s opening monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live! generated the spark. For the most part, it was immediately forgotten—except for a sentence about the assignment of political blame for the murder of Charlie Kirk: 

Dan Greenberg, a senior legal fellow in the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, is the producer of American Libel, a documentary about the consequences of New York Times v. Sullivan. The opinions expressed above are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of his employer or his colleagues.

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