Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr this week announced an inquiry into whether NPR and PBS violated government regulations with its use of sponsors, The New York Times reports.
Carr wrote a letter to the news networks on Wednesday announcing the investigation into whether NPR and PBS member stations violated regulations by airing information about financial sponsors, which Carr claims could be considered “announcements that cross the line into prohibited commercial advertisements.”
He continued, “To the extent that these taxpayer dollars are being used to support a for-profit endeavor or an entity that is airing commercial advertisements, then that would further undermine any case for continuing to fund NPR and PBS with taxpayer dollars.”
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