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According to conventional wisdom, F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr is an efficient Trump henchman, executing the president’s vendetta against the so-called liberal media. This view was reinforced last week, when Carr threatened ABC over Jimmy Kimmel on Benny Johnson’s podcast. (As the chairman growled to the conservative podcaster: “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”) When the network promptly—and, as it turns out, temporarily—suspended Kimmel for his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, many on both sides gave the win to Carr, now widely seen as Washington’s most powerful and feared regulator.
