Trump's latest threat against the media: yanking broadcast licenses - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : If the U.S. Senate returns to Republican control, the body would probably approve whomever Trump chooses for the FCC.
45% : "CBS should lose its license," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform this month.
45% : Trump -- who got into a tiff with CBS before the "60 Minutes" episode, and declined to sit for an interview of his own -- quickly seized on the editing as evidence of pro-Harris bias.
44% : Simington is one of two current Republican members of the FCC appointed by Trump.
44% : If Trump were elected again, his Justice Department would also have oversight of significant corporate media transactions.
44% : On the campaign trail in 2016, Trump pledged to block AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner, owner of CNN, a network whose coverage he frequently railed against.
43% : None of that prevented Trump from sitting for an interview that aired Sunday with Fox News host Howard Kurtz.
37% : At the time, Trump was rebuked by the then-chair of the FCC, Ajit V. Pai, who said the agency "does not have the authority to revoke a license of a broadcast station based on the content of a particular newscast.
34% : Simington and Carr, who did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Sunday, could remain in their roles if Trump takes office.
25% : In that conversation, Trump called The New York Times "corrupt" and suggested, in vague language, that he was "probably going to sue them at some point very soon.
24% : In recent years, Trump has frequently criticized Comcast, parent company of NBCUniversal and MSNBC, and called out its CEO, Brian Roberts, over NBC's news coverage.
22% : Because of his penchant to exaggerate, and his history of employing rhetoric that does not always line up with his actions, it is difficult to parse exactly how Trump would handle these issues if he retook the White House.
20% : On Sunday, Trump ratcheted up his threats against CBS.
15% : Last week, Trump extended his media criticism to Fox News, which is home to several of his most loyal pundits.
8% : Asked whether revoking a broadcast license was a "drastic punishment," Trump did not answer directly, instead lobbing a string of insults at Harris, whom he called "incompetent" and "a Marxist.

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