# FCC chair says Pete Hegseth will decide whether TV networks can air Nidal Hasan’s execution

https://mins.news/en/item/93677

- The Verge, 2026-10-09 18:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/policy/1008950/fcc-brendan-carr-pete-hegseth-execution-tv-networks-air

> FCC chair Brendan Carr said he would defer to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on whether broadcast networks may air the planned firing-squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. The Pentagon plans to livestream it online, and Carr said he trusts Hegseth to make the call.

## Related coverage

- [Vance unsure whether Pentagon will livestream prisoner’s execution, but says he won’t watch](https://mins.news/en/item/93808) — CBC News, 2026-10-09
- [Vance suggests Nidal Hasan’s execution will not be livestreamed, contradicting Hegseth](https://mins.news/en/item/93754) — NBC News, 2026-10-09
- [‘Barbaric’: US lawmakers condemn plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution](https://mins.news/en/item/93697) — Al Jazeera, 2026-10-09
- [Pentagon says it will livestream Fort Hood shooter’s firing squad execution](https://mins.news/en/video/92256) — NBC News, 2026-10-08