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Congressional Republicans have responded to Democrats’ brazen attempt to hijack the communications licensing process in order to impose partisan viewpoint censorship upon a Miami AM radio station.
In a joint letter to FCC Acting Chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel, U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Rick Scott blasted the move by members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus seeking to exert viewpoint censorship of a Miami Spanish-language AM radio station via meddling in its licensing process as “laughable”:
We are concerned by these attempts to impose on the FCC’s independence and politicize its decisions by encouraging content-based censorship. Preventing the assignment of the radio station licenses based on its anticipated programming would set a dangerous precedent, and likely would violate the First Amendment’s protections of free expression and a free, independent media. Instead, as you consider the application, we respectfully request that you reject any politicization of the FCC, and engage the application on its merits alone.