The outgoing Democratic chair of the Federal Communications Commission is taking bold action on the way out the door, rejecting what she described as four efforts to weaponize the government’s TV licensing authority for political purposes.

Chair Jessica Rosenworcel is dismissing four high profile petitions before the agency before she vacates the position, saying such action is necessary to

Departing FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel’s last gesture was a critical stand for the First Amendment. Commissioners Anna Gomez and Geoffrey Starks must now pick up the mantle. The post Post-Rosenworcel,

Departing chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel said her order was intended to direct the agency to “take a stand on behalf of the First Amendment.”

I have directed the FCC to take a stand on behalf of the First Amendment," she said. "We draw a bright line at a moment when clarity about government interference with the free press is needed more than ever.

In one of her final announcements, Jessica Rosenworcel said that Trump’s attacks on the free press are a new extension of those by past presidents.

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Outgoing FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has rejected petitions to rebuke four local TV stations. She says they were efforts to punish broadcast networks' coverage of presidential politics.

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In one of her final acts as head of the US Federal Communications Commission, Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel dismissed four complaints and petitions that she said seek to penalize broadcast networks’ editorial decisions,

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