Trump suggests FCC should consider revoking TV licenses over negative coverage of him [View all]
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Yahoo News
September 18, 2025
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said overwhelming negative coverage of him by television networks should be grounds for the Federal Communications Commission to revoke broadcast licenses.
Trump made the suggestion as he defended FCC Chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves over comments Kimmel made regarding the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Kimmel was suspended indefinitely.
"They're 97% against -- they give me only bad publicity or press," Trump claimed in a September 18 gaggle with reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew back to the United States after a visit to the United Kingdom.
"I mean, they're getting a license. I would think maybe their license should be taken away. It will be up to Brendan Carr."
Trump Channels His Inner-Putin
— Charlie Sykes (@sykescharlie.bsky.social) 2025-09-19T16:00:53.681Z
Threatens licenses of networks who are "against him"
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