President Trump is reviving his threat to see NBC's broadcasting "license" challenged, attacking the network's "journalistic standards" following reports that it had passed on a damning exposé about Harvey Weinstein.
"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," the president tweeted on Tuesday.
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?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 4, 2018
Trump has directed similar attacks at NBC and other outlets last year over critical coverage. But in reality, there is little that he or his administration could do to carry out the threat.
Why? The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is in charge of issuing broadcasting licenses, which are granted to individual stations instead of networks like NBC. Moreover, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai repeatedly said last year that the agency would not revoke those licenses on the basis of a station's content, according to The Hill.
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel responded to President Donald Trump’s Twitter demand on Tuesday that NBC have its broadcast “license” reviewed.
One more time . . . this is not how it works.— Jessica Rosenworcel (@JRosenworcel) September 4, 2018
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