TRUMP / FCC / NBC
"Because of this purposeful inaccuracy, she will be reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment."
"cannot prevent the broadcast of any particular point of view" — — the FCC, on its own authority, fcc.gov
Kristen Welker said his primary endorsements had mixed results. He posted that she would be reported to the FCC "for rebuke or punishment," asked Chairman Brendan Carr to take it "very seriously," and minutes earlier demanded the commission do something about "FAKE POLLS" — which universities and polling firms conduct and which the FCC has no power over at all, along with cable and print. Every outlet ran it, every outlet added the expert line that none of this is lawful, and that is why it was the safe story. Twelve days earlier Disney had sued the same commission for retaliation and told a federal court that ABC changed a broadcast decision because its licenses were exposed. July's threat named networks. This one named a person. And Carr, who normally moves fast on these requests, declined to comment — which made his silence the reportable fact, and nobody reported it.