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The Trump Administration rants about ABC News And NBC, Says They Should Lose FCC Licenses

secondchoice said:
One would think a nation's leader would bring his own seal.
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It's not the usual international protocol.

I remember back about 60 years when I was at the first meeting of the presidents of Perú and Ecuador in three decades. Despite the two nations being declared enemies, the two stands had the Ecuadorian seal on them. And the president of Perú stood behind one of them.

That was in the era in Ecuador when all business envelopes (including those of my stations) had to say "Ecuador was, is and will be an Amazonic country" after Perú had taken advantage of WW II to take about a third of Ecuador's eastern territory. And there was, constantly, shooting of each nations soldiers at the border areas. Still, the seal of Ecuador was on the Peruvian president's stand. Protocol.

(Those of us in the press at that meeting had a considerable fear that more resentful Ecuadorians would come in shooting at the Peruvians)
 

Here is how Comcast became the target of the current rants that can be partially traced back to the FCC and their investigations at the networks.

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission is opening a probe into NBC-parent Comcast’s (CMCSA.O), opens new tab relationships with its local broadcast TV affiliates, the latest in a series of investigations into major U.S. broadcasters.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said in a letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, seen by Reuters, that he was investigating after reports that NBC and other similarly situated networks are seeking "to extract onerous financial and operational concessions from local broadcast TV stations."
Comcast confirmed it had received the inquiry and will cooperate.
"We are proud that for many decades we have supported local broadcast TV stations with world-class sports and entertainment... We will continue to invest heavily in this partnership to keep the broadcast business strong."
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Y2kTheNewOldies said:

Here is how Comcast became the target of the current rants that can be partially traced back to the FCC and their investigations at the networks.
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To be very blunt, this is looking more like Brendan Carr taking full credit for something that was years in the making (the decline/death of linear television). Which of course he is because he is an egotistical weasel in his own right. He would 100% spin "NBC leaves OTA TV because it is losing viewers and money" as "I got NBC thrown off the air".
 
DHS secretary Noem claims her interview with CBS was "deceptively edited."

www.dhs.gov

CBS Deceptively Edits Secretary Noem’s Answers, Cutting More than 23% of Footage from Face the Nation Interview | Homeland Security

CBS’ “Face the Nation” selectively edited answers by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on August 31. CBS cut nearly four minutes of her 16 minute and 40 second interview.
www.dhs.gov www.dhs.gov

However, in keeping with the CBS News agreement with the FCC, the entire unedited interview was posted on their website:

www.cbsnews.com

Full interview: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

Watch Ed O'Keefe's full interview with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, a portion of which aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 31, 2025. Editor's note: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged with two counts of human smuggling and has pleaded not guilty. He is...
www.cbsnews.com

If you read the transcript, much of what was edited is her unsubstantiated claims about Garcia.

Apparently the administration wants to control the content of their interviews. If editing is such an issue, why not simply do all interviews live?
 
TheBigA said:
DHS secretary Noem claims her interview with CBS was "deceptively edited."

www.dhs.gov

CBS Deceptively Edits Secretary Noem’s Answers, Cutting More than 23% of Footage from Face the Nation Interview | Homeland Security

CBS’ “Face the Nation” selectively edited answers by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on August 31. CBS cut nearly four minutes of her 16 minute and 40 second interview.
www.dhs.gov www.dhs.gov

However, in keeping with the CBS News agreement with the FCC, the entire unedited interview was posted on their website:

www.cbsnews.com

Full interview: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

Watch Ed O'Keefe's full interview with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, a portion of which aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 31, 2025. Editor's note: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged with two counts of human smuggling and has pleaded not guilty. He is...
www.cbsnews.com

If you read the transcript, much of what was edited is her unsubstantiated claims about Garcia.

Apparently the administration wants to control the content of their interviews. If editing is such an issue, why not simply do all interviews live?
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The interview, as most are, was probably edited due to time constraints. In addition, CBS probably didn't want to say after the interview was done that "there is no known evidence backing up the charges against Garcia," which could have put the network in even more of this Administration's crosshairs. Secretary Nome should be thankful that her comments about Garcia were edited out--if they weren't, NPR (which this administration hates even more), Pacifica (I'm not sure that one is even on the administration's radar), and others would have pointed out the obvious lack of evidence and Mr. Garcia's lawyers would have had a field day in court pointing out the biased statements by Secretary Nome.
 
ted chittenden said:
Mr. Garcia's lawyers would have had a field day in court pointing out the biased statements by Secretary Nome.
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In fact there's a disclaimer with the full interview stating the facts:

Editor's note: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged with two counts of human smuggling and has pleaded not guilty. He is currently in ICE detention pending trial. He has not been charged with any counts related to child abuse.
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But this protest isn't about fairness. It's about giving more red meat to the base, and content to conservative media.
 
i will say one about all of this and dealing with people..... i tell people pretty soon after meeting them, wether its a casual friend or romantic interest.... and i tell them where i work right away.. and gauge their response.. positive, negative or visual/attitude but unspoken body language.. its one of the quickest, more silent ways for me to judge where people stand
 
deadline.com

Donald Trump Rages About “Rumor” That NBC Extended Seth Meyers’ Contract — Something That Happened Last Year

Meyers actually extended his deal last year.
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Here we go with Trumps rants against NBC. This time its about Seth Meyers and his Late Night show's contract.
Even as traditional TV networks grapple with balkanized audiences and relevance at a time of YouTube and so many options, Donald Trump still has his attention on his most persistent broadcast critics.

Late on Tuesday, the president wrote on Truth Social, “There is a sick rumor going around that Fake News NBC extended the contract of one of the least talented Late Night television hosts out there, Seth Meyers. He has no Ratings, Talent, or Intelligence, and the Personality of an insecure child. So, why would Fake News NBC extend this dope’s contract. I don’t know, but I’ll definitely be finding out!!!”Meyers, who has hosted NBC’s Late Night for more than a decade, signed a new contract last year that extended his deal through 2028.
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Remember that Trump also said that he had nothing to do with Colbert’s decision to end his Late Show on CBS. Now he wants to investigate Meyer’s deal with NBC? Don(old) is definitely delusional!
 
CBS News says all interviews for Face The Nation will air unedited:

“FACE THE NATION will now only broadcast live or live-to-tape interviews (subject to national security or legal restrictions),” the broadcaster said. “This extra measure means the television audience will see the full, unedited interview on CBS and we will continue our practice of posting full transcripts and the unedited video online.”
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The problem with this policy is there are government officials who say things that aren't true. That was the case with Noem, who made claims about an immigrant that were not true. That's why they were edited. So either interviewers will have to challenge guests harder on the facts, or they will have to air disclaimers, as they did with the online transcript. We already know how the administration feels about "fact checking."
 
TheBigA said:
That was the case with Noem, who made claims about an immigrant that were not true. That's why they were edited. So either interviewers will have to challenge guests harder on the facts, or they will have to air disclaimers,
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They could also run a scroll at bottom of screen stating something like they have been unable to confirm these statements or just opt not to run the interview at all.
 
Nathan Obral said:
The United Kingdom is restricting internet access to anyone under the age of 18;
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This isn't quite it. They've mandated that any website offering content unsuitable for kids (for the most part, this means porn websites) has to have age verification in place. This has to be more than just the old-school "are you over 18? yes" checkboxes that sites have had for years. In general, it means submitting your ID to some random "age verification provider", who does god only knows what with your personal data.

Mostly, it's adults trying to access legal adult content who have been impacted by having to send ID to unknown, often foreign, companies, and it will not stop a single teenage boy from loading up porn.

Some issues have come from trying to tell non-UK-based websites what to do. I think the plan is to block those websites. Personally, I think it'll simply funnel users who would previously have stayed on legal adult websites onto the shadier corners of the internet while harming content creators' incomes through increased use of pirate material.
 
TheBigA said:
The problem with this policy is there are government officials who say things that aren't true. That was the case with Noem, who made claims about an immigrant that were not true.
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Correction. Not "immigrant". Illegal immigrant (with multiple Mara Salvatrucha tattoos, impossible to ignore on a native Salvadoran, The "Salva" in "Salvatrucha" is a contraction of "Salvador".
 


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