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Trump's FCC is coming from NPR and PBS now too

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FCC chair Brendan Carr has directed the agency to open an investigation into NPR and PBS .

Carr says the public media companies may be running afoul of FCC rules regarding noncommercial educational broadcast stations or NCEs.

President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for PBS and NPR .

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