"Licenses for use of public airwaves are given to local broadcast stations. Those can be stations owned and operated by the big networks ABC, CBS and NBC. Others are owned by chains or private companies. Cable news and podcasts do not use the public airwaves, are not federally licensed and, therefore, not subject to the same federal regulations. Conservatives have long been frustrated with what they see as a liberal bias in the media whether it's movies, television or the news and many Republican officials see what Trump is doing as comeuppance and support stronger regulatory efforts."
""I have read someplace that the networks were 97% against me, again, 97% negative," President Trump told reporters traveling with him Thursday, "and yet I won and easily, all seven swing states" in the 2024 presidential election. "They give me only bad publicity, press. I mean, they're getting a license. I would think maybe their license should be taken away.""
"Others, though, see Trump as abusing his power. They charge that he's leveraging the federal government in ways no past president has, using Kirk's death to operationalize a retribution campaign, rebalance the media and squash speech and dissent. They also see hypocrisy in the push, not only because Kirk argued for the right to say even "outrageous" things, but also because of years of conservatives chafing at what they saw as"
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off the air has intensified national debate over freedom of speech after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. The episode raises questions about power, money, hypocrisy and the direction of American democracy. Influential conservatives, including figures at the White House, are reportedly compiling lists and targeting media outlets. President Trump claimed overwhelmingly negative network coverage and suggested broadcast licenses might be revoked. Broadcast licenses govern local over-the-air stations, while cable news and podcasts operate without those federal licenses; conservatives press for regulation, opponents warn of presidential overreach.
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