Wednesday, October 11, 2017

About time ...

Trump suggests challenging TV network licenses over 'fake news'


Reuters ^ | 10/11/17 | David Shepardson
President Donald Trump suggested challenging licenses for NBC and other broadcast news networks on Wednesday, a salvo that followed reports his own secretary of state had called him a “moron” after a discussion of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. “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!” Trump, a Republican, wrote in a post on Twitter. Trump on Saturday also suggested that he should get “equal time” because late-night television hosts are “dealing with the Democrats for their very ‘unfunny’” material that was...

3 comments:

Skoonj said...

Rush today: Networks do not have licenses. Their affiliate TV stations do though.

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Hmmmm. So from where and whence do networks get licence to have affiliates?

Alien said...

Insty has long argued for conservatives to buy into media outlets, specifically, the magazines teens, tweens and millenials buy, although there's plenty of justification for the electronic side as well, and entry costs there are dropping daily.

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