FCC chief says he would defer to Pentagon on airing execution on US broadcast networks
XLC•The FCC chair said he would defer to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on whether US broadcast networks could air the planned December 3 execution of Nidal Hasan.
1. FCC chair defers to Pentagon
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said he would defer to Hegseth on whether US broadcast networks could air the planned December 3 military execution. Hegseth said the execution by firing squad of Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others at Fort Hood in 2009, would be livestreamed.
