The president’s suggestion that broadcasters should lose their licenses because of criticism of him indicated that his assault on critics’ language is driven in part by personal animus.
President Trump and Melania Trump boarding Air Force One and departing London on Thursday. “I would think maybe their license should be taken away,” the president said of broadcast networks.
The Federal Communications Commission gives out licenses to TV stations to broadcast over radio frequencies and approves major telecom and media deals.
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the president’s pledges to guarantee free speech have been replaced by efforts to suppress — and even criminalize — what their critics have to say.
President Trump speaking to members of the media this week. In his inauguration speech, he vowed to “immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America.”
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