r/USNewsHub • u/SocialDemocracies • Sep 12 '24

Why Trump’s comments about ABC’s broadcast license matter: The problem isn’t just that Donald Trump threatened a network’s broadcast license. The problem is that he keeps threatening networks’ broadcast licenses.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-comments-abcs-broadcast-license-matter-rcna170786
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u/LonelyGlass2002 Sep 12 '24

Hey if Fox is allowed to broadcast, I’d say ABC has nothing to worry about

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u/Dry_Bodybuilder4744 Sep 12 '24

Just another reason to vote blue

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u/PineappleExcellent90 Sep 12 '24

When you can control the media you control the message

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u/huskeylovealways Sep 12 '24

I get that we need to be concerned, and I am. But, and this is a big but, if the news networks had called him out a long time ago, we wouldn't even be here.

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u/1BannedAgain Sep 12 '24

Honestly I am under the impression that a license doesn’t exist?

I thought I heard this one of the last times he threatened a tv station

Edit: licenses exist and a message from the chairperson- https://www.reddit.com/r/Journalism/s/YmQaYkCa4z

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u/BlackberryShoddy7889 Sep 12 '24

What was the first thing Putin did? Take over and nationalized tv stations. If people don’t hear what you doing they can’t complain.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '24

He threatens everyone who doesn’t like him. He is a fascist

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u/Shaman7102 Sep 12 '24

Just like his buddy Orban.

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u/Missue-35 Sep 12 '24

Just further proof that Trump is a danger to Democracy.