President Trump calls for FCC to revoke NBC and ABC News licenses, claiming the networks provide biased coverage and are ‘an arm of the Democrat Party’
President Trump went on a late-night attack against NBC and ABC News on Sunday, deriding them for what, in his view, was «biased» coverage and said he would be in favor of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revoking their licenses.
The Republican president said the news outlets had given him negative coverage on «97%» of stories.
It wasn’t clear from where Trump was citing the «97%» figure. A study released earlier this year by the conservative media watchdog group, Media Research Center (MRC), found that coverage of the president’s first 100 days in office was «92% negative.»
«IF THAT IS THE CASE», Trump wrote in his characteristic use of all caps, «THEY ARE SIMPLY AN ARM OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY AND SHOULD, ACCORDING TO MANY HAVE THEIR LICENSES REVOKED.
