As president of the United States, Donald Trump threatened the federally issued licenses of television broadcast outlets that displeased him. In 2017, after NBC News reported a dispute between the president and his military advisors about the size of the nuclear arsenal, the president launched a series of tweets:
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- COMMENTARY 1
- Tom Wheeler 1
- October 29 2024 1
- As both candidate and president Donald Trump has called for the FCC to revoke the licenses of fake news media outlets such as NBC and ABC. 1
- The Communications Act grants the president certain emergency powers over radio emissions and wired networks and declaring national emergency was a favorite policy tool of Trump during his first term. 1
- In order to protect independent media Congress may need to reform the Communications Act to better specify when and how the president can invoke these powers. 1
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