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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump tweeted that NBC’s broadcast license should be “challenged” and the network is “[b]ad for country!”
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2017
There is no license granted by the federal government to NBC or any national network. However, individual stations and affiliates are registered with the FCC — including more than 200 NBC affiliates. This registration is for the broadcast license at local stations, and not associated with a network’s news division or non-news programming. The purpose of these licenses is to prevent different stations from transmitting their signals on overlapping wavelengths, which would block individuals from tuning in.
The president’s comments come on the heels of a recent NBC News story citing three unnamed officials who were “in the room” of an executive briefing. In the story, NBC News stated that Trump sought to increase the U.S. nuclear arsenal tenfold.
Fake @NBCNews made up a story that I wanted a “tenfold” increase in our U.S. nuclear arsenal. Pure fiction, made up to demean. NBC = CNN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2017
Asked about recent statements by the President about “fake” news, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded that “the president is an incredible advocate of the first amendment.”
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