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NY POST: FCC chair Brendan Carr restores bias complaints by Trump against ABC, NBC, CBS over campaign coverage

New FCC chair Brendan Carr reversed a last-minute decision by the Biden administration-led regulator to reject bias complaints lodged by Donald Trump against three network TV news broadcasters, the agency said Wednesday.

Carr moved the complaints against ABC, NBC and CBS – which accused them of being partial to Democrat Kamala Harris in their their coverage of the presidential campaign – back to a pending status, according to the Federal Communications Commision website.

A representative for the FCC and Carr did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Last week, Jessica Rosenworcel, the Democratic chair under Biden, dismissed the three claims, arguing they sought β€œto curtail freedom of the press.”

If Rosenworcel had acted on the media complaints a few weeks earlier, it would have prevented Carr from being able to reverse the decision because, since there is typically a 30-day buffer period, a source familiar with the matter told The Post.

The three FCC complaints in question were filed by The Center for American Rights, a conservative nonprofit law firm.

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