FCC委员Anna Gomez呼吁广播业界抵制选举年施压：不要让许可审查成为影响报道的杠杆
美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）10月23日发布消息：该委员会委员 Anna Gomez 当天呼吁美国广播业界更积极地抵制本届政府针对主要电视网与地方台的一系列做法，并公开了她致全国广播业者协会（National Association of Broadcasters，NAB）的信件。FCC 将这份发布冠名为「呼吁广播业者抵制选举年胁迫」。GSM 据 FCC 官方发布与路透社报道整理。
Anna Gomez 是 FCC 目前唯一的民主党籍委员。她在信中与公开表态中说，本届政府正在全政府范围协同行动，试图把媒体塑造成「经其认可的传声筒」，并指 FCC 主席 Brendan Carr 警告美国广播电视网：若在11月3日选举前播出「完全虚假的民调」，可能违反其监管义务。她说，Brendan Carr 此举意在施压电视网不要播出政府不喜欢的民调，这种做法并不正当。
她还提到，Brendan Carr 今年4月下令对 Disney 旗下 ABC 的全部8家自有电视台启动史无前例的提前许可审查。Anna Gomez 说，广播业界在「这场审查与控制行动」的第一年里大体保持沉默，但并非完全没有发声；面对有人试图把许可权力变成影响选举年报道的杠杆，行业需要的不能只是「几份措辞温和的声明」。Brendan Carr 的发言人未立即就她的表态置评。
全国广播业者协会主席 Curtis LeGeyt 发表声明，感谢 Anna Gomez 肯定地方广播业者的价值以及她对第一修正案原则的坚持，并表示该协会将继续与她和所有政策制定者合作，保护广播业者的权利。
FCC 是负责监管全美广播、电视、有线、卫星与电信事务的联邦独立机构，总部位于华盛顿特区。11月3日美国将举行国会中期选举，选举前民调报道与电视网许可审查的争议，预计仍将是 FCC 与广播业界后续交锋的焦点。
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Urges Broadcasters to Push Back on Election-Year Intimidation
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on October 23 that Commissioner Anna Gomez had urged the U.S. broadcast industry to take a more aggressive approach in confronting the administration's actions toward major networks and stations, and released her letter to the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). The FCC titled the release "Gomez Urges Broadcasters to Push Back on Election-Year Intimidation." GSM compiled this report from the FCC's official release and Reuters reporting.
Anna Gomez is currently the FCC's sole Democratic commissioner. In her letter and public remarks, she said the administration is running a coordinated, government-wide effort to reshape the media into its sanctioned messenger, and pointed to a warning from FCC Chair Brendan Carr that U.S. broadcast networks could violate their regulatory obligations by airing "entirely fake polls" before the November 3 election. She said Carr was seeking to pressure networks into not running polls the administration dislikes, which she said was not proper.
She also noted that in April Carr ordered an unprecedented early license review for all eight of Disney's company-owned ABC television stations. Gomez said the broadcast industry had been largely quiet through the first year of what she called a campaign of censorship and control, though it had not stayed completely silent, and that an industry facing an effort to turn licensing authority into leverage over election-year coverage needs more than a couple of tempered statements. A spokesperson for Carr did not immediately comment.
NAB President Curtis LeGeyt said in a statement that the group appreciated Gomez's recognition of the value of local broadcasters and her commitment to the First Amendment principles that underpin a free press, and that the association would continue working with her and all policymakers to protect broadcasters' rights.
The FCC is the federal independent agency that regulates radio, television, wire, satellite and cable communications across the United States, headquartered in Washington, D.C. With the November 3 midterm elections approaching, disputes over pre-election polling coverage and broadcast license reviews are expected to remain a focus of friction between the FCC and the broadcast industry.
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图片来源：图：联邦通信委员会（FCC）委员 Anna Gomez 官方肖像。图片来源：联邦通信委员会，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: Official portrait of FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez. Source: Federal Communications Commission, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
