For decades, Washington banned local television broadcast groups from reaching more than 39% of American households. The rule was built for a media world from the last century — a world of limited viewing options, a handful of networks, a captive audience with nowhere else to turn. The national cap is not a free-market policy, a conservative policy or even a serious competition policy. They fret over local television stations while handing a free pass to companies with global reach and unchecked power. Carr deserves major credit for finally forcing this relic of media policy into the real world.