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President Trump went on a late night attack against NBC and ABC News on Sunday, he was “biased” coverage in his view and said he would cancel his license in favor of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The Republican President said that news outlets had given him negative coverage on “97%” of stories.
It was not clear that Trump was cited “97%” figure. A study issued earlier this year by Conservative Media Watchdog Group, Media Research Center (MRC) found that coverage in the first 100 -day office of the President was “92% negative”.
“If this is,” Trump wrote in his specific use of all caps, “they only have one hand of the Democrat party and, according to many, their licenses have been revoked.”
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President Donald Trump, in the foreground, hear a question from a reporter as Deputy Chief of the White House, from the Left, Army Secretary Dan Driskl and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth saw the White House in the James Brady press briefing room, on Monday, August 11, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Sheffelbin)
Trump said that he would be “completely on the side” of the move because – according to him – this outlet “so biased and untrue, there are a real threat to our democracy.”
The President attacked “fake news” at both outlets with another post and “two of the worst and most biased network anywhere in the world.”
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Trump questioned why the two institutions “are not paying millions of dollars in license fee in a year.”
A logo of NBC News. (Reuters/Mike Seger)
“They should lose their licenses for their inappropriate coverage of Republican and/or conservatives, but at least, they should make big payments for the privilege of using the most valuable airwave anywhere at any time !!!” Trump wrote. “Current ‘Journalism’ should not be rewarded, it should be abolished !!!”
Fox News has reached both ABC and NBC News to respond to the posts of Digital Trump.
Being a national network, ABC and NBC do not have FCC licenses for news materials, but provide programming for local colleagues across the country – which are regulated by FCC and require licensing to operate in America
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The TV stations pay fees and annual regulatory fees on the station type and market base, while cable outlets pay their regulatory fees. Only the Congress has the right to impose and collect such fees, which are deposited in the American Treasury.
The first amendment to cancel the license on the basis of real or perceived news bias will run away from security. Similar efforts in the past have been killed by the courts.
A corporate logo for the ABC television network hangs on the banks of its corporate headquarters in New York City on 17 April 2024. (Garry Horshorn/Getty Images)
This is not the first time Trump has attacked the broadcast outlet or threatened to snatch his license. Last year, Trump prosecuted a defamation suit against ABC for $ 15 million, and he hosted “The Apprentice” on NBC before entering the world of politics.
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And earlier this year, Paramounts agreed to make an agreement on the President’s election intervention trial against Global and CBS network.
Brian Flood of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
