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Trump threatened to revoke the broadcasting licenses of ABC and NBC after they refused to air his election security speech live on their main channels, accusing them of conspiracy. Meanwhile, experts point out that media outlets have a constitutional right to choose what content they broadcast.
July 17, 2569 at 21.37:XNUMX a.m., Reuters reported that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to revoke the licenses of ABC and NBC after both networks, along with CNN, refused to broadcast their prime-time speeches live on their main channels. The content concerns the stability of the election process leading up to the US midterm elections in four months.
During his speech, Trump suggested that the television networks' refusal to air his address was part of a conspiracy. Ready to say "Actions like this should lead to license revocation."
However, legal experts point out that U.S. television stations are protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution, which gives the media the right to decide what content to present or not present. Even in the past, television networks often broadcast presidential speeches live, as these were considered important public information.
ABC News later clarified that the speech would be broadcast via the ABC News Live platform and the network's radio stations, instead of being aired on major television channels. NBC News streamed it via the free-to-play streaming service NBC News NOW, while CNN offered it on its website and subscription-based streaming service CNN All Access, but it was not broadcast on major cable channels.
In a speech, Trump revealed recently declassified intelligence data which he claimed contained evidence of Chinese interference in the election, reviving allegations of election irregularities, even though U.S. intelligence had previously concluded there was no evidence that China altered the 2020 election results, which Trump lost to Joe Biden.
Before the speech. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt specify that Trump may also address the situation in Iran and the U.S. economy, so there is sufficient reason for television networks to broadcast it live for the public to watch.
However, in this speech, Trump only briefly mentioned a war between the United States, Israel, and Iran, asserting that the US was in the upper hand, before spending most of his time addressing election security issues.
Some Democrats, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have called for television stations not to broadcast the speech live, arguing that Trump might be making claims based on information that has been proven false.
Among the major networks, CBS chose to broadcast the speech live. but News anchor Tony Dookopil Before we begin, let me say that... "Many things the president said on this issue are not true." along with stating that CBS broadcast it because it is the media's duty to report the news, before cutting to a fact-checking session regarding allegations of election fraud about 15 minutes after airing.
While Fox News broadcast Trump's speech live as usual, the network was still facing repercussions from a defamation lawsuit regarding its reporting of false allegations surrounding the 2020 election, for which the company paid a settlement of $787.5 million.
The incident comes amid heightened tensions between the Trump administration and the media, with the government increasing pressure on several television networks. Meanwhile, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is investigating ABC and NBC on a number of issues and may begin proceedings to revoke the licenses of the Disney-owned stations as early as next month.
refer : www.reuters.com
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