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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Tuesday opened an investigation against Comcast and NBCUniversal for its promotion of diversity policies, or what he called “invidious forms of discrimination.”
“I am starting this broader effort with Comcast and NBCUniversal for two reasons. First, as noted above, there is substantial evidence that your companies are still engaging in the promotion of DEI,” Carr explained. Carr explained in the letter that Comcast’s corporate DEI policies are “invidious” and “cannot be squared with any reasonable interpretation of federal law.”
“But promoting invidious forms of discrimination cannot be squared with any reasonable interpretation of federal law,” he said.
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