The Federal Communications Commission has sent a letter to Comcast inquiring about its DEI practices, a company spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.

NBCUniversal and its parent company, Comcast, were the latest media companies to receive word of an investigation by the FCC. In a letter sent to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts on Tuesday, Carr wrote that the FCC’s enforcement bureau will probe whether the company was “promoting invidious forms of discrimination in violation of FCC regulations and civil rights laws” by prioritizing diversity,

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr sent a letter Tuesday to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts about his concerns.

Carr claimed the goal of the investigation was to "ensure" the companies "are not promoting invidious forms of discrimination in violation of FCC and civil rights laws.”

The head of the FCC said he is seeking an investigation of NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast over the firm's diversity initiatives.

Noting an executive order by President Trump, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in a letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts that the agency is probing both Comcast and NBCUniversal.

A letter from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts was obtained by Newsmax, the conservative Trump-friendly outlet. (What a coincidence!) In it, he announced that the FCC would open an investigation into Comcast and NBCUniversal “to ensure that your companies are not promoting invidious forms of discrimination in violation of FCC regulations and civil rights laws.

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The President says the NBCUniversal owner "should be forced to pay vast sums of money" for unspecified reasons.

Following a widespread crackdown on DEI programs at Federal government agencies by the Trump Administration, the Federal Communications Commission Chair Branden Carr is now arguing that the FCC has the authority to end DEI programs at any entity the Commission regulates and has asked the Enforcement Bureau to launch an investigation into DEI programs at Comcast and NBCUniversal.

In the wake of the FCC chairman’s probe into DEI practices at Comcast and NBCUniversal, Amazon Studios has walked back its inclusion program that laid out standards for achieving racial diversity, Variety has confirmed.

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