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'This Administration Loves Darkness': Ed Markey Blasts Trump Admin For Lack Of Transparency

Published | Video Starts at 01:53

This administration has tried to silence the truth, ban facts, coerce reporters into staying silent. And just this past weekend, The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, or as I call it now, the Federal Censorship Commission, he threatened to revoke broadcasters licenses over reporting on the Iranian conflict. So it's an illegal war in Iran isn't evidently enough for the administration. It now seeks to wage an all out war on reality. Don't report on the skyrocketing energy prices. (01:53–02:06)

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Asserts that the FCC chairman threatened broadcasters' licenses over reporting on the Iranian conflict.

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