Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said the inquiry could help Congress decide whether to continue funding local stations.

FCC’s Brendan Carr also suggests an investigation could be relevant to conservative congressional efforts to defund the public broadcasters.

Carr wrote the chapter of Project 2025 on the FCC and showed his hand in his letter to the heads of the public networks. "For my own part, I do not see a reason why Congress shoul