Donald Trump‘s FCC chairman threatened broadcaster licenses and warned that news outlets should “course correct” before their renewals come up after the president blasted the media over their coverage of the Iran war.
Brendan Carr wrote on X on Saturday, “Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions – also known as the fake news – have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up. The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not.”
Carr linked to Trump’s Truth Social post, in which the president singled out headlines reporting on an Iranian strike on five Air Force refueling planes in Saudi Arabia. Trump called it an “intentionally misleading headline” and wrote that the aircraft was of “no further use.” “Four of the five had virtually no damage,” he wrote. “The New York Times
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