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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said the agency may soon issue guidance to television broadcasters over what he called \u201cfake polls,\u201d particularly if they are intended to suppress voter participation ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n

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Carr said Sunday that broadcasters face federal public-interest obligations because local television stations use FCC-licensed public airwaves, unlike cable networks and online platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of interest right now in fake polls that are out there,\u201d Carr said. \u201cAnd so the FCC may put guidance out soon to remind broadcasters about their obligations with respect to not airing fake polls, particularly if they\u2019re done to suppress people heading into the fall.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carr\u2019s comments follow criticism from President Donald Trump over media coverage of political polling and his endorsement record in Republican primaries.<\/p>\n

Trump recently called for the FCC to take action against NBC News\u2019 Kristen Welker after she said on a local NBC affiliate that Trump had experienced \u201cmixed results\u201d with candidates he endorsed in this year\u2019s primaries. Trump disputed that characterization and said Welker should be reported to the FCC for \u201crebuke or punishment.\u201d NBC News defended Welker.<\/p>\n

Carr did not announce a formal investigation of Welker. Instead, he said the FCC was considering several actions involving broadcasters and emphasized their obligation to operate in the public interest.<\/p>\n

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The FCC regulates local broadcast television and radio stations, but its authority over news content is limited by federal law and the First Amendment. The commission has historically said it generally will not intervene in complaints about one-sided or inaccurate news coverage because doing so could improperly substitute the government\u2019s judgment for that of broadcasters.<\/p>\n

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, the commission\u2019s sole Democrat, rejected the idea that the agency can punish individual journalists over their reporting.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I\u2019ve said many times, the FCC has no authority to punish journalists this administration doesn\u2019t like,\u201d Gomez said.<\/p>\n

Carr has not specified what standards the FCC would use to determine whether a political poll is \u201cfake\u201d or what consequences broadcasters could face under any new guidance.<\/p>\n

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