Nexstar-TEGNA Merger Foes Airing Attack Ad Smearing Trump, Carr, and the TV Station Deal
CAR President Daniel Suhr called the ad ‘a left-wing hit job on President Trump and Chairman Carr from a group that disagrees with everything this Administration is trying to accomplish.'
Attack Ad: “Brendan Carr doesn’t care about your community.” That’s a key line in the body of a nasty attack ad taking swipes at FCC Chairman Carr, President Trump, and the $6.2 billion Nexstar-TEGNA merger. “This ad has been all over local NBC News shows from “Mi Familia Vota,” ripping FCC chairman Brendan Carr,” said Tim Graham, Executive Editor of NewsBusters and the Media Research Center’s Director of Media Analysis, on his X feed Wednesday. Here’s the full transcript of the 30-second ad: “Donald Trump said he’d put America first, but he really just cares about THEM. While you wake up to go to work, he rubs elbows with billionaires, while his appointees do whatever they want. Brendan Carr doesn’t care about your community. He’s taking a hammer to local news and democracy and pushing for illegal mergers that will raise your TV bill. He’d rather help big companies get richer instead of protecting hard-working Americans. Trump, Carr and their band of D.C. Republicans don’t care about you. They care about THEM.” (More after paywall.)
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