President Trump’s threat to pull NBC’s license doesn’t make sense for a lot of reasons — starting with the fact that NBC doesn’t have a license to begin with. But it is still alarming to news outlets, because federal regulations aren’t clear about whether federal regulators can intervene to stop “fake” news.
You might assume the First Amendment protects all reporting. But current Federal Communications Commission language leaves open the possibility of government intervention, under certain narrow conditions.
On Tuesday, the president called out “fake news” NBC News for its handling of Ronan Farrow’s reporting on sexual misconduct accusations against Harvey Weinstein.
“I have long criticized NBC and their journalistic standards-worse than even CNN,” the president wrote after attacking the network for “fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct” in its handling of the exposé Farrow later published in the New Yorker.
You might assume the First Amendment protects all reporting. But current Federal Communications Commission language leaves open the possibility of government intervention, under certain narrow conditions.
On Tuesday, the president called out “fake news” NBC News for its handling of Ronan Farrow’s reporting on sexual misconduct accusations against Harvey Weinstein.
“I have long criticized NBC and their journalistic standards-worse than even CNN,” the president wrote after attacking the network for “fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct” in its handling of the exposé Farrow later published in the New Yorker.
- 9/4/2018
- by Susan Seager
- The Wrap
President Donald Trump directed his ire once again at NBC News, this time calling them out for their handling of Ronan Farrow’s Harvey Weinstein reporting, and threatening their broadcast license.
Trump tweeted on Tuesday: “NBC Fake News, which is under intense scrutiny over their killing the Harvey Weinstein story, is now fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct. I have long criticized NBC and their journalistic standards-worse than even CNN. Look at their license?”
NBC Fake News, which is under intense scrutiny over their killing the Harvey Weinstein story, is now fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct. I have long criticized NBC and their journalistic standards-worse than even CNN. Look at their license?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 4, 2018
Also Read: Ronan Farrow Blasts NBC News' 'False or Misleading' Memo About Harvey Weinstein Story
Questions regarding NBC’s decision not to air the...
Trump tweeted on Tuesday: “NBC Fake News, which is under intense scrutiny over their killing the Harvey Weinstein story, is now fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct. I have long criticized NBC and their journalistic standards-worse than even CNN. Look at their license?”
NBC Fake News, which is under intense scrutiny over their killing the Harvey Weinstein story, is now fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct. I have long criticized NBC and their journalistic standards-worse than even CNN. Look at their license?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 4, 2018
Also Read: Ronan Farrow Blasts NBC News' 'False or Misleading' Memo About Harvey Weinstein Story
Questions regarding NBC’s decision not to air the...
- 9/4/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
The FCC is hearing both views this week following Chairman Tom Wheeler‘s recent proposal to restrict local TV joint service arrangements. National Association of Broadcasters CEO Gordon Smith came out swinging with a charge that the regulators are making it hard for broadcasters to promote localism and diversity — objectives called for in the Communications Act — according to notes publicly filed today of his visit yesterday with Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. He says that Wheeler lacks solid evidence and “makes sweeping generalizations” that are “arbitrary and capricious” about the problems that arise when a station handles ad sales, programming, or retransmission consent negotiations for a rival in the same market. These collaborations “greatly foster localism and diversity,” Smith says. He says that Wheeler’s proposals “use a sledgehammer where a scalpel, if anything, is far more appropriate.” Smith also called it “manifestly unfair” to bar TV stations from collaborating when it...
- 3/13/2014
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
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