Article in Common Dreams by Brad Reed, 8/25/25
Headline: “As Trump Threatens News Outlets, Experts More Concerned About Capitulation of Corporate Owners”
Subhead: “The commercial news media, which helped elevate Trump to power, have proven repeatedly that they are ill-equipped to withstand such pressures,” warned one scholar.”
“As US President Donald Trump late on Sunday lashed out against the American media and threatened to pull broadcasting licenses from networks for their alleged “biased” coverage of him, media experts said the danger to the news media lies partially in corporate outlets’ potential capitulation to the Trump administration. . .”
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-nbc-abc-licenses
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Article in Reuters by David Shepardson, 8/25/25
Headline: “Trump again pushes US agency to revoke NBC, ABC station licenses”
“. . .President Donald Trump reiterated a long-running push for the Federal Communications Commission to revoke station licenses of two major U.S. broadcasters and charge them for using the public airwaves, as he criticized their news programming. . .”
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Article in Newsweek by Robert Birsel, 8/25/25
Headline: “Trump Calls For ‘Fake News’ Networks To Have Licenses Revoked by FCC”
“U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called the ABC and NBC networks two of the “most biased” broadcasters ever and said the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should revoke their licenses. . .”
“Media outlets promote a healthy democracy by providing the public with fact-checked information, particularly on those in power, and offering essential context. . .”
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https://www.newsweek.com/trump-media-nbc-abc-fcc-license-revoked-fees-2118632