FCC’s Anna Gomez Takes on Trump in Defense of Media

As the junior — and soon to be only — Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission, Anna Gomez is one of the rare voices of dissent in the US government. She’s putting her job in jeopardy by speaking out against the erosion of the line between the powerful independent agency and the Oval Office, which Gomez says is taking an “alarming” approach to controlling the media and intimidating private businesses.

But Gomez says it’s a risk worth taking. She has mounted an opposition tour of sorts taking aim at the agenda of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, whom President Donald Trump elevated to the position in January. She has begun convening her own press conferences after the FCC’s monthly meetings, where she has called his views on public broadcasters’ coverage and funding sources “dangerous and unprecedented,” and objected to Carr’s moves to target diversity policies at media companies