This past weekend, FCC chairman Brendan Carr threatened to revoke the licenses of broadcasters who air what he called “fake news” around the US-Israeli attack on Iran. This is only the latest in a campaign of intimidation of US media companies by the administration.

What can the FCC realistically do to US broadcasters? What is the future of press freedom in the US? ¡AU!’s Neal Romanek talks with Roy Gutterman, director of the Tully Center for Free Speech at Syracuse University.

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