Trump considers revoking TV licenses over negative coverage of him

By Correspondent

President Donald Trump is now suggesting that the federal government could revoke the licenses of broadcast networks if they air negative coverage of him.

The president’s stark warning comes in the wake of ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show off the air.

Trump told reporters on Thursday that he would endorse moves by the FCC to pull licenses, and suggested networks should have to reapply for them periodically. He added that not airing conservative views could be a rationale for removing a network’s license.

Trump said he would leave the decision to Brendan Carr, the FCC chairman at the center of this week’s Kimmel controversy. Carr has suggested that ABC’s move to suspend Kimmel’s show is just the beginning of what’s to come.

CNN