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FCC chairman silent amid Trump's attacks on press
Source: ABC News
FCC chairman silent amid Trump's attacks on press
By MEGAN HUGHES • Oct 13, 2017, 4:22 PM ET
President Trump continued his assault on NBC News Friday, retweeting former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's assertion that "the President will not be able to impact licenses, but he is doing major damage to the NBC brand."
Trump added, "Sadly, they and others are Fake News, and the public is just beginning to figure it out!"
Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has yet to weigh in on the commission's role in upholding the First Amendment after Trump called Wednesday for network news licenses to be revoked based on "partisan, distorted and fake" reporting.
A petition started by nonpartisan advocacy group Free Press garnered thousands of signatures within the first hour of it being posted online, including the signature of former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.
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By MEGAN HUGHES • Oct 13, 2017, 4:22 PM ET
President Trump continued his assault on NBC News Friday, retweeting former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's assertion that "the President will not be able to impact licenses, but he is doing major damage to the NBC brand."
Trump added, "Sadly, they and others are Fake News, and the public is just beginning to figure it out!"
Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has yet to weigh in on the commission's role in upholding the First Amendment after Trump called Wednesday for network news licenses to be revoked based on "partisan, distorted and fake" reporting.
A petition started by nonpartisan advocacy group Free Press garnered thousands of signatures within the first hour of it being posted online, including the signature of former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fcc-chairman-silent-amid-trumps-attacks-press/story?id=50435155