Head of FCC Rejects Donald Trump’s Call to Revoke ABC Broadcast License
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has officially rejected a call by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to “take away” the government’s broadcast license from ABC, after Trump was angry about his treatment from ABC News’ moderators in his Sept.
10 debate with VP Kamala Harris. The morning after the debate, Trump called in to Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” to accuse moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis of unfairly fact-checking his arguments while not doing the same for Harris.
Trump said the “rigged” debate was “3-to-1” and said government regulators “ought to take away” ABC’s “license for the way they did that.” Regarding Trump’s demand that ABC lose its license, Rosenworcel said in a letter to Sens.
Democratic Sens. Ed Markey and Ron Wyden, “The First Amendment is a cornerstone of our democracy. The Commission does not revoke licenses for broadcast stations simply because a political candidate disagrees with or dislikes content or coverage.
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