Newsom on the Nexstar-Tegna deal and FCC Chair Brendan Carr: "This is the kind of behavior that makes Putin blush." "This consolidation of right wing media… we need to have an honest conversation about what the hell is going on." Good that someone is saying it out loud. The FCC rubber-stamping a deal that hands more local TV stations to right-wing consolidators while Carr cosplays as a free speech warrior is exactly the kind of thing that deserves the disgrace label.