March 14 (UPI) -- Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, on Saturday issued a threat to broadcasters' licenses over "hoaxes and news distortions -- also known as the fake news."
Carr is the latest member of the Trump administration to weigh in on what it calls false reporting by major news organizations, including news networks, about the two-week old war in Iran.
President Donald Trump, who has long called organizations, reporters and individual reports "fake news" if he disagrees or dislikes them, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth this week expressed displeasure with reports that the administration had ignored warnings that Iran would shut down the Strait of Hormuz if it was attacked.
"Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions -- also known as the fake news -- have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up," Carr said in a post on X. "The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not."
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