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Donald Trump Threatens to Shut Down NBC and Other TV News Networks That Criticize Him

posted by FatPhil on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the unsafe-at-any-typing-speed dept.

DeathMonkey brings us this story from The Independent:

Donald Trump has threatened to shut down NBC and other American networks, saying that they peddle fake news.

"With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!" Mr Trump wrote in a tweet.

Mr Trump's tweet came in response to a story written by NBC, which said that Mr Trump had sought to increase America's nuclear arsenal tenfold after taking a look at a briefing slide that showed stead reduction of the US nuclear arsenal since the 1960s. The story cited three officials who were reportedly in the room when Mr Trump made the comments.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @07:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @07:54PM (#584815)

    The Fairness Doctrine is in no way about removing anyway from broadcasting.

    The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was — in the Commission's view — honest, equitable, and balanced.

    (wikipedia)

    So the worst that would happen is some show would need to give airtime to the opposing point of view. This would quickly do away with the massive amounts of fake news / bullshit being spewed by every outlet now, and it would not be some bipartisan method to shut down outlets.

    There is no real concern about what is or isn't fair, outlets must provide a balanced viewpoint. As long as they give air time to their critics (cuts both ways) any show can spew whatever garbage opinions they want. You're arguing against fairness as if some dictator will step in and shut down their political adversaries outlets, that is just so wrong and the alternative is to let the corporate overlords dictate acceptable news stories. LONG LIVE THE DYSTOPIAN FUTURE!

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