"Network news has become so partisan, distorted and fake that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked. Not fair to public! With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country! NBC FAKE NEWS, which is under intense scrutiny over their killing the Harvey Weinstein story, is now fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct."
"I have long criticized NBC and their journalistic standards-worse than even CNN. Look at their license? You know, in the old days, when you used public airwaves free, you had to get a license. I keep saying if they're reporting fake news, how come they can keep getting a license? Whether it's ABC, whether it's NBC, CBS, or of course CNN, which is,"
"Anna M Gomez, the lone Democrat on the FCC, said after a commission meeting last week that Trump's threats are hollow. Aside from the ability to make things difficult for those we retaliate, this FCC is powerless to truly retaliate against a news network, she said, noting that no local station licenses are up for renewal any time soon."
After aggressive questioning by an ABC White House correspondent about Jamal Khashoggi and the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Donald Trump urged the FCC to revoke ABC's license. He has suggested at least 28 times over the last eight years that television networks should lose their licenses. The FCC licenses local TV stations, not national networks, and Anna M Gomez, the commission's lone Democrat, said the threats are hollow and the commission lacks power to truly retaliate. No local station licenses are up for renewal soon, limiting any immediate action. Trump repeatedly singled out NBC, CNN, CBS, and ABC.
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