Former FCC Commissioner Wheeler on Trump Attacking Media

The MeidasTouch Podcast

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4.9 • 56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump and his FCC Chairman Brendan Carr getting booed loudly at the latest public meeting where Carr is now trying to destroy free speech and overhaul the ownership rules to allow Trump’s right-wing oligarchs to consolidate ownership and control of all local tv channels and Meiselas interviews former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler who led the FCC under Obama. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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