Media coverage of Trump's "sh*thole" remarks prompted 162 FCC complaints
President Trump's description of "sh*thole countries," prompted 162 complaints to the FCC about news coverage of it, according to public records obtained by CBS News through a Freedom of Information Act Request.
"It's extraordinarily high," says Tom Hollihan, a professor at the University of Southern California who studies political communication.
Most of the complaints submitted online and by phone from January 11 to January 22 target CNN, which aired the full expletive spoken by reporters and analysts and on graphics. But the FCC does not regulate cable news, and CNN declined to comment publicly for this story.
However, there were also complaints against other broadcast news organizations including NPR, NBC and CBS.
NPR chose to air the word unedited.
"There were compelling editorial reasons for the content of NPR's news coverage," NPR spokesperson Isabel Lara told CBS News. "The word in question was an integral part of the news of that day and using it was necessary for the audience to understand what was happening. We limited the number of times it was said on the air and each time we gave a warning about profanity."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/media-coverage-of-trumps-shthole-remarks-prompted-162-fcc-complaints/ar-AAvq57y?li=BBnbfcL
Maybe Trump should have kept his shithole shut.
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