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FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’
Brendan Carr said the ads are “normal-course public service announcements” and nothing that would “merit any sort of” review by the Federal Communications Commission.
What the coverage shows
All four outlets converge on the ads being government funded and politically contentious, with BBC News framing the issue as a question about legality and Washington Post focusing on a Senate clash over criticism. Axios is alone in saying Trump is personally selecting which ads air and that more are coming, while Ars Technica is the only one to foreground claims that the ads may violate anti-propaganda laws and that the FCC is unlikely to stop them.
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