(This is full on fascism, the kind you would expect from a puppet dictator we put in place somewhere like Chile or Venezuela. Demanding that the press propagandize your war and never dare to question your illegal activities is what a fascist thug dictator does... not a president. Oddly enough, I remember this is the exact kind of thing the right used to say Obama was 'going to do' but never did. Been seeing a lot of that lately.)
from the New York Times
Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal
Communications Commission, threatened on Saturday to revoke
broadcasters’ licenses over their coverage of the war with Iran, his
latest move in a campaign to stomp out what he sees as liberal bias in
broadcasts.
As the war entered its third week, Mr. Carr accused broadcasters of “running hoaxes and news distortions” in a social media post and warned them to “correct course before their license renewals come up.”
“Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not,” he said.
Mr. Carr shared a Truth Social post by President Trump that criticized the news media for its coverage of the war with Iran. Mr. Trump referred to a story
published by The Wall Street Journal that reported five American
refueling planes had been struck in Saudi Arabia, claiming its headline
was “intentionally misleading.” He accused the news media of wanting the
United States to lose the war.
Dow Jones & Company, which publishes The Wall Street Journal, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a similar vein, delivered a lengthy complaint
about CNN’s coverage of the war in the Middle East during a news
conference Friday, saying that he looked forward to the news network
being controlled by the billionaire David Ellison.
Mr.
Ellison, who has a friendly relationship with Mr. Trump, is the owner
of Paramount Skydance, which is seeking to purchase Warner Bros.
Discovery for $111 billion. That deal, if it closes, will bring CNN under Mr. Ellison’s purview. He is best known in the journalism world for shaking up leadership at CBS News, where he has installed more conservative journalists.
Since
taking over the F.C.C. chairmanship at the start of Mr. Trump’s term,
Mr. Carr has regularly raised the possibility of seizing station
licenses over various programming decisions at the major television
networks, whose owned and affiliated stations need F.C.C. licenses in
order to operate...
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