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Facing aggressive questioning from Mary Bruce, an ABC News White House correspondent, about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Donald Trump last week suggested a form of punishment he thought would be appropriate for her \u201ccrappy company\u201d: the Federal Communications Commission should revoke ABC\u2019s license, the US president declared.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t the first time he has done so. As he has sought redress for what he has considered to be unfair reporting about him and his administration, Trump has suggested at least 28 times over the last eight years that a television network should lose its license, according to analysis by the Guardian.<\/p>\n
But while the FCC does not actually license national networks, it does license the local television stations they own or strike affiliate deals with.<\/p>\n
Anna M Gomez, the lone Democrat on the FCC, said after a commission meeting last week that Trump\u2019s threats are hollow. \u201cAside from the ability to make things difficult for those we retaliate, this FCC is powerless to truly retaliate against a news network,\u201d she said, noting that no local station licenses are up for renewal \u201cany time soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here is the full history of Trump\u2019s threats:<\/p>\n
\u201cNetwork news has become so partisan, distorted and fake that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked. Not fair to public!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith 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!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNBC 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?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, in the old days, when you used public airwaves free, you had to get a license. I keep saying if they\u2019re reporting fake news, how come they can keep getting a license? Whether it\u2019s ABC, whether it\u2019s NBC, CBS, or of course CNN, which is, I mean, it\u2019s one of the great jokes of all time: CNN or MSDNC.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLast night, NBC and CNN refused to air my victory speech. Think of it, because they are crooked, they\u2019re dishonest, and frankly, they should have their licenses or whatever they have taken away.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think ABC took a big hit last night. I mean, to be honest, they\u2019re a news organization. They have to be licensed to do it. They ought to take away their license for the way they did that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c \u2026 I felt that also, but no Politician should ever do a Debate with ABC News. They have proven NOT WORTHY, and hopefully an investigation will be done as to whether or not they gave the Debate questions to Comrade Kamala, whose best friend is a top ABC Executive. If she did give the questions to Kamala, ABC\u2019s license should be TERMINATED. Remember, Donna Brazile works for ABC, and she gave the questions to Hillary Clinton!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c60 Minutes is a major part of the News Organization of CBS, which has just created the Greatest Fraud in Broadcast History. CBS should lose its license, and it should be bid out to the Highest Bidder, as should all other Broadcast Licenses, because they are just as corrupt as CBS \u2013 and maybe even WORSE!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA giant Fake News Scam by CBS & 60 Minutes. Her REAL ANSWER WAS CRAZY, OR DUMB, so they actually REPLACED it with another answer in order to save her or, at least, make her look better. A FAKE NEWS SCAM, which is totally illegal. TAKE AWAY THE CBS LICENSE. \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCBS should lose their license. You know they have a license \u2013 they have a license which is worth billions of dollars, and they pay nothing. All of these networks are all crooked as hell. You saw that with ABC.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c60 Minutes should be taken off the air for what they\u2019ve done. You know what else? They should lose their license. They have licenses, these networks. They\u2019re worth billions of dollars, but the one thing is it says you have to be honest. That\u2019s election interference. They\u2019re interfering with the election. Am I right? They should lose their license, and 60 Minutes should be taken off the air.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey pay nothing. They should take that license away from CBS. They should absolutely \u2013 they violated the whole covenant of the license.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c60 Minutes and CBS should lose their license for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c60 MINUTES SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OFF THE AIR \u2013 ELECTION INTERFERENCE. CBS SHOULD LOSE ITS LICENSE. THIS IS THE BIGGEST SCANDAL IN BROADCAST HISTORY. \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so bad they should lose their license, and they should take 60 Minutes off the air.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c60 Minutes, CBS, and they ought to lose their license, and they ought to take it off the air.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCBS. You know, they have to be licensed by the federal government. They should take their license away.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCBS should lose its license. You know, the government, the government gives us license to NBC fake news, ABC fake news, and CBS fake news. If they had to pay, they\u2019d pay billions of dollars. They get them for nothing. They pay nothing. They\u2019re public airways, they pay nothing. The one thing is you have to be honest, and they were very dishonest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c60 Minutes, CBS. They should lose their license. This isn\u2019t just editing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think CBS should lose its license, but I think ABC should lose its license also because of what they\u2019ve done. We\u2019ll see \u2026 They should lose their license, which is worth billions of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat 60 Minutes did and CBS, I think the license should be taken away from CBS. And I think that 60 Minutes should be forced to either close or take a very extended stay.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn behalf of the people, we sued 60 Minutes and CBS. And we think their license should be taken away. I think it\u2019s the greatest breach. I think it\u2019s the greatest insult to the American citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c \u2026 CBS should lose its license, and the cheaters at 60 Minutes should all be thrown out, and this disreputable \u2018NEWS\u2019 show should be immediately terminated. \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026 I am so honored to be suing 60 Minutes, CBS Fake News, and Paramount, over their fraudulent, beyond recognition, reporting. They did everything possible to illegally elect Kamala, including completely and corruptly changing major answers to Interview questions, but it just didn\u2019t work for them. They are not a \u2018News Show,\u2019 but a dishonest Political Operative simply disguised as \u2018News,\u2019 and must be responsible for what they have done, and are doing. They should lose their license! Hopefully, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as headed by its Highly Respected Chairman, Brendan Carr, will impose the maximum fines and punishment, which is substantial, for their unlawful and illegal behavior. CBS is out of control, at levels never seen before, and they should pay a big price for this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy is it that ABC and NBC FAKE NEWS, two of the absolute worst and most biased networks anywhere in the World, aren\u2019t paying Millions of Dollars a year in LICENSE FEES. They should lose their Licenses for their unfair coverage of Republicans and\/or Conservatives, but at a minimum, they should pay up BIG for having the privilege of using the most valuable airwaves anywhere at anytime!!! Crooked \u2018journalism\u2019 should not be rewarded, it should be terminated!!!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI read someplace that the networks were 97% against me. I get 97% negative, and yet I won it easily. I won all seven swing states, popular vote, I won everything. And they\u2019re 97% against, they give me only bad publicity. I mean, they\u2019re getting a license. I would think maybe their license should be taken away. It would be up to Brendan Carr.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026 This is just one of the many reasons that the Federal Communications Commission should look into the license of NBC, which shows almost exclusively positive Democrat content. Likewise, ABC Fake News \u2013 About the same thing, 97 percent negative to Republicans!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and it\u2019s so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, the chairman, who should look at that because I think when you come in and when you\u2019re 97% negative to Trump, and then Trump wins the election in a landslide, that means obviously your news is not credible and you\u2019re not credible as a reporter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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