Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has taken a bold stand against Comcast-owned outlets, accusing them of misleading the American public about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a suddenly (in)famous Salvadoran migrant recently deported back to his home country.
To say that Garcia’s deportation has caused an uproar among the left would be an understatement… but Carr doesn’t think that righteous indignation gives networks the right to lie on FCC airwaves.
Carr’s pointed criticism doubly highlights a massive growing American concern: Out-of-control media distortion, particularly when it serves a politically charged narrative.
On Tuesday, Carr took to X to excoriate various news outlets — all on Comcast — that all seemed to conveniently fail to give any coverage to angel mom Patty Morin, yet had plenty of airtime for sympathetic coverage of Garcia.
“Comcast outlets spent days misleading the American public—implying that Abrego Garcia was merely a law abiding U.S. citizen, just a regular ‘Maryland man,’” Carr posted. “When the truth comes out, they ignore it.