Brendan Carr is a dummy

All yr on The Vergecast, we’ve been monitoring the various weird and problematic actions of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. There was loads to debate! Then, this week, forward of considered one of our final episodes of the yr, Carr appeared in entrance of the Senate Commerce Committee and spent three hours explaining how he thinks about his job, the FCC, and the state of on-line communication and leisure. It was loads.

On this episode of The Vergecast, we start with a dissection of Carr’s testimony, his threats in opposition to broadcasters, and the methods through which he’s utilizing outdated concepts about content material supply to get his political approach. Nilay and David stroll by means of a few of Carr’s most vital quotes, clarify the historical past of broadband regulation, and sit up for how Carr would possibly carry these identical ways to web regulation subsequent yr.

Additionally, an vital housekeeping notice: The Vergecast shall be reside at CES! We’ll be on the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas, at 3:30PM on Wednesday, January seventh. There shall be podcasting, and hanging out, and bowling. It’s going to be nice, and if you happen to’re going to be in Vegas, we’d like to see you there.

Till then, if you wish to know extra about every part we focus on on this episode, listed below are some hyperlinks to get you began, first on Brendan Carr:

And within the streaming wars:

And within the lightning spherical: