Trump’s FCC pick sends stern letter to Bob Iger, blasting ‘erosion in public trust’ | CNN Business

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The incoming chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is sending a stern message to the owners of television stations and networks. And he is using ABC’s recent settlement with President-elect Donald Trump as a news peg of sorts.

Brendan Carr, a Trump-appointed commissioner who will become chairman next month, wrote to Disney CEO Bob Iger over the weekend about the Disney-owned ABC network’s negotiations with its affiliated stations across the United States.

Carr used that narrow issue to advance some broad points about the state of the industry and to signal

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