President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s threat to revoke broadcast licenses over news coverage of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, calling media organizations “Corrupt and Highly Unpatriotic” in a Truth Social post. “Brendan Carr’s authoritarian warning — that networks risk their broadcasting licenses for Iran war reporting that the government doesn’t like — is outrageous,” Creeley said. The White House did not immediately comment on whether Trump included any broadcasters in his criticism of this line of coverage. A spokesman for Carr did not immediately respond to a question about whether Carr’s remarks were targeted at specific broadcasters. “Politicians have an obvious motive for claiming that journalism which raises questions about their decisions is false.

Source: Washington Post March 15, 2026 13:05 UTC