The Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee said on Friday that he had opened an investigation into Disney’s programs and the diversity of stocks and integration in the last attempt under the Trump administration to stop such efforts.
In a letter to Robert A. Ear, the CEO of Disney, Brendan Car, the president, said that the company’s programs to increase diversity in employment and enhance sweat -based rapprochement groups seem to violate the regulations of equal job opportunities.
“I want to make sure that Disney ends any and all discriminatory initiatives in the essence, not just the name,” said Mr. Carr in the letter that was sent on Thursday. “For another, I would like to determine whether Disney’s actions – whether they are continuing or recently ended – were at all times with the applicable FCC regulations.”
A Disney spokesman said that the company is reviewing the speech of the Federal Communications Committee. “We look forward to engaging with the committee to answer its questions.”
Carr, a veteran Republican organizer, began his term as head of the Federal Communications Committee (January) in January by starting a comprehensive campaign to examine the media, in an attempt to clarify the allegations of left -wing bias and policies that the president maintains.
Last month, it started a similar achievement for the diversity and insertion in Comcast, the parent company of NBCunivesal. Mr. Car also said that the agency’s integration reviews will now include investigations into the Dei companies.
Follow investigations Executive By President Trump, on his first day in office, he prohibits the DEI programs “illegal and immoral” in the federal government. One day later, Mr. Car announced that it would end any enhancement of diversity and fairness in the strategic plan, budget and economic reports in the Federal Communications Committee (FCC).
It is not clear whether the Federal Communications Committee (FCC), which usually receives licenses to broadcast television and radio stations and plays the role of the International Energy Agency for Capital TV, has the ability to punish a media company for its diversity initiatives. Mr. Car has argued that the agency could apply the wide “public interest” standard in auditing companies such as Disney, which owns ABC and ESPN, as well as television stations throughout the country.
The experts of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) said.
“This is all related to bullying and intimidation,” said Andrew Schwarticman, the chief adviser at the Bentone Institute for the wide Institute and society. He said that the most powerful tool for Mr. Carr is to vote on the committee to agree to the integration and acquisitions.
Mr. Car, who has been nominated by Mr. Trump, has begun investigations since he took over as head of multiple news organizations, including PBS and NPR, accusing them of a left -wing political bias. He studied an interview that “60 minutes” for CBS was conducted with former Vice President Kamala Harris, and announced an investigation into the KCBS, a radio station in San Francisco, to cover the procedures for enforcement of immigration.
Mr. Kar has publicly agreed on the administration’s promises to divide the organization, monitor large technology and punish television networks for political bias. Communications and analysts’ lawyers said that Mr. Car is reshaping the independent agency, as he expanded its mandate and practiced it as a political weapon for the right.
Brooks Barnes It contributed to the reports from Los Angeles.