President Donald Trump wants NBC and other media outlets for a challenging license on Wednesday. A report followed after this is that Trump's own secretary had called him a "moron" after many discussions about the U.S nuclear arsenal. In the article, there's a quote from Donald Trump, "“With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!” Trump, a Republican, wrote in a post on Twitter. (Shepardson, Reuters) Trump and his supporters are tired of hearing about the "fake news" on Trump administration without any evidence backing up of the negative news. Trying to challenge the licenses of the news outlets would face a significant amount of hurdles. A Democratic Senator Ed Markey claimed that is was inappropriate of Trump to challenge NBC and other media outlets just because he didn't like what they posted about him. The "Fairness Doctrine" on the article the FCC a renewal could only be allowed if it was in the public interest. In the article, it states, "The FCC has said the First Amendment “expressly prohibits the commission from censoring broadcast matter” and that its role “in overseeing program content is insufficient.” (Shepardson, Reuters) I guess well see what happens............
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-media/trump-suggests-challenging-tv-network-licenses-over-fake-news-idUSKBN1CG1WB
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-media/trump-suggests-challenging-tv-network-licenses-over-fake-news-idUSKBN1CG1WB
Its hard to tell what is real news and fake news. Sometimes I wonder if his tweet are real...but that's a conversation for another day.I think citizen journalism has a role to play in fake news. because anyone with a WiFi connection can write news,It's become harder to control what is being published.
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