"I have read someplace that the networks were 97% against me," Trump said. "... They give me wholly bad publicity, press. They're getting a license. I would think maybe their license should be taken away."
"The FCC doesn't have the authority, the ability or the constitutional right to revoke a license because of content," Gomez said at an Axios event Thursday."
"This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent," Obama posted on X."
"President Trump said it was "pretty amazing" he could win the election despite what he claimed was "97% negative" media coverage, according to audio provided by the White House pool."
President Trump said he found it "pretty amazing" to win despite what he called "97% negative" media coverage and suggested broadcast licenses could be revoked. He pointed to FCC chair Brendan Carr to make such decisions after Carr threatened license action against broadcasters airing content he labeled "distorted." National networks lack FCC licenses, so Carr pressured local stations, and Nexstar preempted Jimmy Kimmel, prompting ABC to suspend the show indefinitely. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said the agency lacks authority to revoke licenses for content. Former President Obama called the threats government coercion and a dangerous First Amendment issue.
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