If you really want to understand F.C.C. chairman Brendan Carr, look at his appointment book. Or rather, look at who’s conspicuously absent from it…⁠ ⁠ “Despite repeated attempts by Skydance’s David Ellison to sit down with Carr and walk through the finer points of his company’s proposed $8 billion Paramount takeover, Carr has declined to meet with his team. No explanation. Just radio silence,” Puck’s Eriq Gardner reports. “That’s somewhat perplexing given Carr’s fixation on the Skydance-Paramount deal.”⁠ ⁠ Eriq digs into the situation, at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images⁠ ⁠ #BrendanCarr #FCC #DavidEllison #Skydance #Paramount #Media #Merger