{"id":35868,"date":"2017-10-11T11:15:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T18:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35868"},"modified":"2017-10-11T19:24:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T02:24:40","slug":"trump-threatens-nbcs-broadcast-license-in-a-straight-up-tyrannical-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35868","title":{"rendered":"Trump Threatens NBC&#8217;s Broadcast License in a Straight-Up Tyrannical Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Determined to emulate his hero, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump has issued a threat that brazenly violates the Constitutional guarantee of a free press. In a couple of utterly idiotic tweets, Trump threatened to challenge NBC&#8217;s broadcast license.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Campaign-2016\/trump-be-afraid.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32971\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/1899517103396409\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake, this is what dictators do. They begin by criticizing the media and ridiculing honest journalists. But they eventually resort to outright censorship and government control. Trump has already been lashing out at the press for years. But his repetitive and tedious cries of <em>&#8220;fake news&#8221;<\/em> are actually just whining about stories that he doesn&#8217;t like. These are his tweets Wednesday morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fake <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCNews<\/a> made up a story that I wanted a &quot;tenfold&quot; increase in our U.S. nuclear arsenal. Pure fiction, made up to demean. NBC = CNN!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/918110279367643137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/918112884630093825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>And This Just In:<\/strong> Another tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Network news has become so partisan, distorted and fake that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked. Not fair to public!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/918267396493922304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>First of all, Trump offers no support for his contention that NBC&#8217;s story is untrue. NBC is standing by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/all\/trump-wanted-dramatic-increase-nuclear-arsenal-meeting-military-leaders-n809701\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the story<\/a><\/strong> which had numerous sources affirming the information. This is typical of Trump&#8217;s infantile reaction to anything remotely critical. His fragile ego is constantly on the brink of crumbling.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, Trump&#8217;s threat is another example of his Olympic-grade stupidity. If anyone still doubts that Defense Secretary Rex Tillerson <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35863\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">called him a moron<\/a><\/strong>, you can set those doubts aside. The problem with Trump&#8217;s threat to challenge NBC&#8217;s license is that the government does not license television networks. There is no license to revoke. The FCC does license individual TV stations and requires them to serve in the public interest. There&#8217;s is no way that Trump could have the licenses pulled from every NBC affiliate throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Trump were dumb enough to pursue this, he would have to show that each affiliate deliberately broadcast false information that they knew was untrue. Of course, the network most guilty of doing that is Fox News. If that&#8217;s the standard being applied then let&#8217;s get Fox off the air ASAP. <em>[NOTE: That isn&#8217;t possible either because the FCC rules apply only to broadcast television, not to cable].<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So once again Trump has demonstrated that he is painfully stupid. And in the process he reaffirmed his devotion to authoritarian control of the media and government. He is clearly unfit to be president and is a danger to the country for this and many other reasons. That&#8217;s why an anxious nation is impatiently waiting for special counsel Robert Mueller to complete his investigation and for Congress to initiate impeachment proceedings. It can&#8217;t happen too soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Determined to emulate his hero, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump has issued a threat that brazenly violates the Constitutional guarantee of a free press. In a couple of utterly idiotic tweets, Trump threatened to challenge NBC&#8217;s broadcast license. Make no mistake, this is what dictators do. They begin by criticizing the media and ridiculing honest journalists. 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