Trump Calls for ABC and NBC License Revocation After Networks Skip His Primetime Address

HuffPost — US News—President Trump threatened to have broadcast licenses revoked for ABC and NBC after the networks declined to carry his primetime address live. The networks had not publicly committed to airing the speech, and Trump seized on their editorial decision to attack what he framed as media bias. Republicans were reportedly privately alarmed by the president's rhetoric, fearing the political fallout from appearing to support license revocations. Critics called the threat an unconstitutional attempt to punish editorial independence.

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