{"id":2340314,"date":"2024-09-12T16:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gets-pushback-from-fcc-chairwoman-over-abc-licensing-comments-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-12T16:36:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T20:36:18","slug":"trump-gets-pushback-from-fcc-chairwoman-over-abc-licensing-comments-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gets-pushback-from-fcc-chairwoman-over-abc-licensing-comments-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump gets pushback from FCC chairwoman over ABC licensing comments &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-gets-pushback-from-fcc-chairwoman-over-abc-licensing-comments-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2340314&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a>\u2064 the backlash \u200dfaced by former President Donald\u2064 Trump\u2063 from Federal\u2062 Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel following \u2062his comments about \u2062ABC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beijing-bans-bbc-broadcasts\/\" title=\"Beijing Bans BBC Broadcasts\">broadcasting license<\/a>. After a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump criticized the network&#8217;s moderators, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/courtroom-artist-accused-of-hating-ivanka-trump-after-sketch-raises-eyebrows\/\" title=\"Courtroom Artist Accused of Hating Ivanka Trump After Sketch Raises Eyebrows\">alleging \u200bbias<\/a> against\u200b him, \u200band \u200ccalled for\u200c ABC&#8217;s license to \u2064be revoked. In response, Rosenworcel stated that the FCC does not revoke licenses simply because a political candidate disagrees with the\u200b content or coverage. Trump expressed his frustration on Fox News, claiming that the moderators did not adequately fact-check Harris while being overly critical\u2063 of him. He insisted that ABC&#8217;s handling of the debate warranted consequences.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump gets pushback from FCC chairwoman&nbsp;over post-debate ABC licensing comments<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1758731\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Federal Communications Commission rebuffed former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> for saying ABC&rsquo;s license should be revoked after his debate on the network against Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fcc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>FCC<\/a>&rsquo;s Democratic chairwoman declared Thursday that her agency would not pursue Trump&rsquo;s request to &ldquo;take away&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abc-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ABC<\/a>&rsquo;s broadcasting license.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The FCC does not revoke licenses for broadcast stations simply because a political candidate disagrees with or dislikes content or coverage,&rdquo; Jessica Rosenworcel said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/09\/12\/fcc-chair-rebuffs-trumps-post-debate-call-strip-abcs-license\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>comments<\/a> to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jessica Rosenworcel testifies before a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jonathan Newton\/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump went on Fox News on Wednesday morning to express ire over how ABC moderators treated him during his first debate with Harris. The former president said David Muir and Linsey Davis displayed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3150946\/fact-check-kamala-harris-claims-abc-debate-moderators-did-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> bias<\/a> against him and tilted the prime-time affair in favor of Harris.<\/p>\n<p>While he said the moderators &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t correct Harris &ldquo;at all&rdquo; about &ldquo;debunked&rdquo; stories, he told Fox News hosts that they fact-checked him on multiple points that he believed were &ldquo;absolutely perfect.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said there should be repercussions for ABC&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-moderators-called-out-as-double-standard-becomes-evident-a-disgraceful-failure\/\" title=\"ABC Moderators Called Out as Double Standard Becomes Evident: &#039;A Disgraceful Failure&#039;\">unfair debate<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re a news organization,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They have to be licensed to do it. They ought to take away their license for the way they did that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: Donald Trump calls for ABC News to get their license taken away after their abysmal debate moderation last night. <\/p>\n<p>Moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis are under fire for their continuous fact-checks of Trump without any for Harris.<\/p>\n<p>The moderators not only&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1TDX9TPxub\">pic.twitter.com\/1TDX9TPxub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1833827467686998165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The same day, Trump declared that both moderators should be fired.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They should fire everybody at ABC Fake News, whose two lightweight &lsquo;anchors&rsquo; have brought disgrace onto the company!&rdquo; the former president <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113122412674234582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> in a post to Truth Social.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1758731\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1758731\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump faces criticism from FCC chairwoman regarding his comments on ABC&#8217;s licensing after the debate. The Federal Communications Commission rejected former President Donald Trump&#8217;s suggestion that ABC&#8217;s broadcasting license should be revoked following his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Jessica Rosenworcel, the Democratic chairwoman of the FCC, stated on Thursday that the agency would not act on Trump&#8217;s request to &#8220;take away&#8221; ABC&#8217;s license. She emphasized to the Washington Post that licenses are not revoked simply because a political candidate disagrees with or dislikes certain content or coverage.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday morning, Trump appeared on Fox News to express his frustration over how he was treated by ABC moderators during his first debate with Harris. He accused David Muir and Linsey Davis of showing bias against him and favoring Harris during the event. Trump claimed that while they failed to correct Harris on &#8220;debunked&#8221; stories, they fact-checked him multiple times despite his assertions being &#8220;absolutely perfect.&#8221; He argued there should be consequences for what he deemed an &#8220;unfair debate,&#8221; suggesting that as a news organization, ABC should face repercussions for their conduct.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Truth Social later that day, Trump called for both moderators to be fired: \u201cThey should fire everybody at ABC Fake News, whose two lightweight \u2018anchors\u2019 have brought disgrace onto the company!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2340315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trump-1-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7261,4994,16609,18295,3634],"class_list":["post-2340314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abc","tag-chairwoman","tag-fcc","tag-licensing","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trump-1-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2340314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2340315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2340314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2340314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2340314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}