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'It's a shame': WSJ editors slam Brendan Carr after attack on the press hits a wall

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The Wall Street Journal cheered on the new legal action filed against President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission as his chair, Brendan Carr, threatens broadcast licenses of politically disfavored companies. Carr, wrote the board, "has threatened to yank the licenses of ABC’s broadcast stations , sought to impose political control over guests on its daytime program 'The View,' and launched an investigation into its employment practices. Warning to broadcasters: Don’t criticize the President. Mr. Trump’s beef with ABC goes back to his first term, when he complained that its news coverage was unfair" — and regardless of the political lean of TV networks, "Mr. Trump thinks any criticism is unfair." And Carr left a pretty clear evidence trail of what he was doing, the board continued, saying at the time, “ We can do this the easy way or the hard way . These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead ... They ha