{"id":2423108,"date":"2025-04-13T23:38:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T03:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trashes-60-minutes-calls-on-fcc-to-strip-cbs-of-its-license-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T23:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T03:38:47","slug":"trump-trashes-60-minutes-calls-on-fcc-to-strip-cbs-of-its-license-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trashes-60-minutes-calls-on-fcc-to-strip-cbs-of-its-license-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump trashes 60 Minutes, calls on FCC to strip CBS of its license &#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\">32<\/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-trashes-60-minutes-calls-on-fcc-to-strip-cbs-of-its-license-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=2423108&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>Former President Donald Trump criticized CBS&#8217;s &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; after watching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-accuses-president-trump-of-using-irresponsible-rhetoric\/\" title=\"Sen. Cruz accuses ... ... of using \u2018irresponsible rhetoric\u2019\">recent episode<\/a>, labeling it a &#8220;FAKE News Show.&#8221; In a series of posts on Truth Social, he condemned the program&#8217;s coverage of two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-made-up-quotes-wapo-ripped-for-reporting-fraudulent-trump-quotes-on-call-with-ga-investigator\/\" title=\"\u2018They Made Up Quotes\u2019: WaPo Ripped For Reporting Fraudulent ... Quotes On Call With GA Investigator\">major stories<\/a>: the Ukraine war adn Greenland, claiming they misrepresented his administration&#8217;s actions and policies. Trump also referenced his ongoing lawsuit against paramount, CBS&#8217;s parent company, which he argues is due to misleading edits related to a segment featuring Kamala harris. He accused &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; of being a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">political operation<\/a> rather than a news program, and he called for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to penalize CBS and consider revoking its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beijing-bans-bbc-broadcasts\/\" title=\"Beijing Bans BBC Broadcasts\">broadcasting license<\/a> for what he described as unlawful behavior.  <\/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 trashes 60 Minutes, calls on FCC to strip CBS of its license<\/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_2089948\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> directed his ire at <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CBS<\/a>&lsquo;s <em>60 Minutes<\/em> after he said he tuned in to the &ldquo;FAKE News Show&rdquo; on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>In a flurry of Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114333659248371323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posts\">posts<\/a>, Trump trashed the show&rsquo;s coverage, which included a segment on the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukraine<\/a> war and another on <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greenland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Greenland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3379024\/trump-no-exemptions-from-new-tariffs\/\">Trump says there are no exemptions from new tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3378946\/white-house-renews-promise-to-defend-christianity-in-us-during-holy-week\/\">White House renews promise to defend Christianity in US during Holy Week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3378940\/jb-pritzker-claims-trump-has-absolutely-no-respect-for-social-security\/\">JB Pritzker claims Trump has &#8216;absolutely no respect&#8217; for Social Security<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;They did not one, but TWO, major stories on &lsquo;TRUMP,&rsquo; one having to do with Ukraine, which I say is a War that would never have happened if the 2020 Election had not been RIGGED, in other words, if I were President and, the other story was having to do with Greenland, casting our Country, as led by me, falsely, inaccurately, and fraudulently,&rdquo; the president said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump mentioned his lawsuit against Paramount, the media company that owns CBS, saying he&rsquo;s &ldquo;so honored&rdquo; to be suing them over their &ldquo;fraudulent, beyond recognition, reporting.&rdquo; That lawsuit, which is over a <em>60 Minutes<\/em> segment with then-Vice President Kamala Harris that Trump says was deceptively edited to remove a jumbled answer from Harris on Israel, has progressed as the two are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/07\/business\/media\/trump-paramount-mediator-60-minutes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly \">reportedly<\/a> poised to begin mediation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump further slammed <em>60 Minutes<\/em> as &ldquo;not a &lsquo;News Show,&rsquo; 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