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Luhan: "So is your website lying?" Brendan Carr: "Possibly" [View all]
Last edited Wed Dec 17, 2025, 04:47 PM - Edit history (1)
LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-12-17T16:54:04.109Z
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
FCC Scrubs Language from Its Website That It’s an ‘Independent Agency’
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Carr tried to continue his answer, but Lujan again interjected — informing Carr that his agency’s own website had clear language on whether it was independent.
“Just so you know, Brendan on your website it just simply says, man, ‘The FCC is independent,'” Lujan said. “This isn’t a trick question.”
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“Possibly,” Carr said. “The FCC is not an independent agency.”
Sure enough, the language on the website was hastily changed. Axios reporter Sara Fischer captured an image from the site at 11:52 a.m. ET, which said the FCC is an independent agency. By 12:08 p.m., that language was gone.
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Carr tried to continue his answer, but Lujan again interjected — informing Carr that his agency’s own website had clear language on whether it was independent.
“Just so you know, Brendan on your website it just simply says, man, ‘The FCC is independent,'” Lujan said. “This isn’t a trick question.”
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“Possibly,” Carr said. “The FCC is not an independent agency.”
Sure enough, the language on the website was hastily changed. Axios reporter Sara Fischer captured an image from the site at 11:52 a.m. ET, which said the FCC is an independent agency. By 12:08 p.m., that language was gone.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trumps-fcc-scrubs-language-from-its-website-that-its-an-independent-agency-just-minutes-after-chairmans-brawl-with-democrat/
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