Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Kerr, who was repeatedly asked about the Post on Thursday, did not attend a social media post requesting that President Trump's president, who demands Comcast, be forced to pay the federal government “a huge sum.”
While appearing at the Media Summit Hosted by news outlet Semafor Carr said he had never seen the social media post in question. The president celebrated MSNBC host Joy Reid's cancellation of the program over the weekend.
“This whole corrupt operation is nothing more than a Democrat's illegal arm,” Trump wrote about Comcast, the parent company of NBC Universal. “They should be forced to pay huge sums of money for the damage they inflict on our country. Fake news is a ruthless sin!”
Semafor editor Ben Smith asked Carr about the post, paraphrasing the president's comments and asking if it was “an “an issue with the FCC.”
“If I can see the estimate, I'll see it,” Kerr replied.
“You didn't see it,” Smith pressed against Carr. “Wasn't that pointed to you?”
“If that's the case, I wouldn't have seen it,” Kerr said.
“How does the president communicate with you?” Smith added, “I was surprised that true social posting on the subject of media regulation wasn't your way.”
“This is pretty standard practice. For the past few years, there was the Biden White House, which deals with the FCC and the Trump White House. We have a procedure and that's what we're following,” Kerr said.
“You're not a refreshing social thing about the truth,” joked Smith.
“I refresh the true social,” Kerr said.
“Well, you missed something great,” Smith joked before finishing the conversation.
Trump repeatedly attacked Comcast over what he said was unfair reporting and threatened to use federal power to crack down on major broadcasters.
In an interview Thursday, Kerr said he was committed to making sure that the FCC “everyone is going to undergo a fair shaking” and separately blowing up social media companies that he said he had worked in partnership with the previous administration to achieve a partisan agenda.
Earlier this month, the chairman wrote a letter to Leadership on Comcast, saying he plans to begin a study of the policies of a large media conglomerate on diversity, equity and inclusion.
