US FCC head says controversial Trump ads do not raise concerns

Series of publicly-funded television spots have been criticised by Republicans and Democrats as self-promotion by Trump.A series of taxpayer-funded advertisements that critics say are political campaign spots for United States President Donald Trump are not improper and do not need to be reviewed, according to the head of the country’s broadcast regulator.“There’s nothing in there that strikes me to merit any sort of FCC review,” Brendan Carr, who Trump appointed as head of the Federal Communications Commission, said on Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3ABC News says FCC is carrying out intimidation campaign to shape coveragelist 2 of 3Trump threatens to report journalist Kristen Welker to broadcast regulatorlist 3 of 3Trump says he plans to campaign for 32 days before midterm electionsend of listCarr likened the advertisements to public service announcements, echoing an argument the White House has made in response to criticism that Trump was using public funding to promote himself and his policies. Media freedom groups have criticised Carr for helping Trump to “weaponise” the FCC to go after news and television networks whose coverage of him he has not been ...