Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr said in an interview published Monday that he is willing to penalize major media companies if he and President Donald Trump believe they are "out of line."The Wall Street Journal described Carr as a maverick, saying he has embraced Trumps "showman instincts" to hold broadcasters accountable. While previous FCC chairs were often reluctant to rein in major companies, Carr said he would pull broadcast licenses from any outlet he believes has engaged in misconduct against the "public interest.""Broadcast licenses are not sacred cows," Carr told the outlet.FAIR ELECTION FUND URGES FCC TO HOLD CBS ACCOUNTABLE FOR 'UNLAWFUL CONDUCT RELATED TO 60 MINUTES INTERVIEWCarr, who has been with the FCC since 2017, said the agency is "fully aligned with the agenda that President Trump is running."He said Trump has set the tone for the governments approach to media companies, stating, "President Trump ran directly at the legacy mainstream media, and he smashed a facade that theyre the gatekeepers of truth."Following Trumps accusations that Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, shows bias toward Democrats, Carr launched two probes into the company.The FCC has been investigating Comcasts diversity policies. In April, Carr said the NBC News and MSNBC parent was "misleading the American public" with its coverage of a high-profile deportation, the Wall Street Journal reported.Carr said in July that the FCC would examine Comcast's relationship with NBC stations and affiliates and whether its programming decisions "best reflect the needs and interests of their communities."'60 MINUTES' KAMALA HARRIS INTERVIEW AT CENTER OF TRUMP LAWSUIT RUNS AFOUL OF CRONKITE-ERA CBS GUIDELINESAs the Journal noted, Carr has justified these actions by citing a 1934 law stating that "because a given broadcast network is granted airwaves to use exclusively as its own, it needs to operate in public interest, convenience and necessity."The report noted the only time the FCC revoked a companys broadcast license was in 1971, when a Mississippi station defended segregation. Carr has signaled he would have no issue doing the same today.While previous FCC chairs tried to appear independent of the presidents agenda, Carr said he is leaning in."We are fully aligned with the agenda that President Trump is running," he told the paper.Critics argue Carr is politicizing the FCCs work."This appears to be part of a political campaign against what the chairman perceives to be enemies of the president," said Robert Corn-Revere, chief counsel of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), arguing to the Wall Street Journal that it violates the agencys responsibility to protect free speech.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURESen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said in July that the FCCs approval of the merger between CBS parent Paramount Global and Skydance Media "looks like corruption, plain and simple." Weeks before the merger, Paramount agreed to pay Trump a $16 million settlement in his election interference lawsuit over the editing of a CBS News "60 Minutes" interview.Before the deal, Skydance also pledged it would appoint an ombudsman to "evaluate complaints of bias" at Paramount, and would not enact new diversity policies.Carr defended the FCCs handling of the deal, saying the merger review followed the rules and noting the ombudsman reports to CBS, not the FCC.The FCC did not immediately reply to Fox News Digitals request for comment.