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“Threats Against Free Speech”: FCC Chairwoman Condemns Donald Trump’s Calls For CBS To Lose Licenses Over ‘60 Minutes’ Kamala Harris Interview
Jessica Rosenworcel called Trump's comments threats on free speech.
The agency that “the First Amendment and the Communications Act bar the FCC from telling station licensees how to select material for news programs or prohibiting the broadcast of an opinion on any subject. In 2017, when Republicans held a majority on the commission, it fined Sinclair Broadcast Group $13 million for failing to identify news programming about a cancer foundation as paid content. During the 60 Minutes election special, Scott Pelley went through the timeline of how Trump’s initially agreed to the interview, then backed out, and then offered shifting explanations for it, including that the former president did not want to be fact checked.
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