Oversight or overreach? Federal agencies move against media voices

Oversight or overreach? Federal agencies move against media voices

Two government regulatory agencies are now using their oversight power to investigate what they believe are left-leaning news outlets and television shows. It’s part of a growing pattern of President Donald Trump using these agencies to punish perceived enemies in ways starkly different from past presidents. The investigations — one by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the other by the Federal Trade Commission — target the talk show “…