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How the FCC Became the Speech Police

The constitutionally anomalous status of broadcasting invites government meddling.

Jacob Sullum | Coming: From the February/March 2026 issue


Brendan Carr sitting beneath the FCC seal | Photo: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr; Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg/Getty
(Photo: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr; Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg/Getty)

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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books).

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