Long frustrated by perceived bias in the news media, former President Donald Trump called Thursday for the government to dramatically rebid the broadcast licenses of the major tv networks to create new competition and balance.
He further called CBS News’s decision to edit one of Vice President Kamala Harris’ answers in a “60 Minutes” interview a “fake news scandal.”
“60 Minutes is a major part of the News Organization of CBS, which has just created the Greatest Fraud in Broadcast History,” Trump told Just the News. “CBS should lose its license, and it should be bid out to the Highest Bidder, as should all other Broadcast Licenses, because they are just as corrupt as CBS – and maybe even WORSE!”
“The fraud committed by 60 Minutes and CBS, together with the Democrat Party, is the single Biggest Scandal in Broadcast History!” he continued.
“A giant Fake News Scam by CBS & 60 Minutes. Her REAL ANSWER WAS CRAZY, OR DUMB, so they actually REPLACED it with another answer in order to save her or, at least, make her look better. A FAKE NEWS SCAM, which is totally illegal,” Trump posted Thursday.
“TAKE AWAY THE CBS LICENSE. Election Interference. She is a Moron, and the Fake News Media wants to hide that fact. An UNPRECEDENTED SCANDAL!!! The Dems got them to do this and should be forced to concede the Election? WOW!” he added.
The Harris campaign has denied involvement in the decision to make the edit.
“We do not control CBS’s production decisions and refer questions to CBS,” a Harris campaign aide said to Fox News.
CBS News did not respond to a request for comment on the editing.
During the interview, host Bill Whitaker brought up U.S. foreign aid for Israel in its war against Hamas and said “it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening” to the U.S.
In the promotional clip that CBS published on Sunday, Harris responded: “The work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region.”
In the full interview segment that aired later, Harris’ answer is different.
“We are not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end,” she said.
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The media is so biased against President Trump it is sickening. They are all in cahoots with Harris and Biden, and china. This beautiful Country that we once knew and loved is going to hell in a hand basket because of liars and dirty tricksters of the demoRats. I pray to God that President Trump is elected so the good honest people of America can see a future for ourselves and our children and grandchildren.
Trump is right, she is blathering, embarrassing talking head, regurgitating what she was fed. That is the reason she is where she is, had she been clearly ,independently thinking not only would she not be chosen ,but she would be reviled as the enemy . Independently, reasonably thinking need not apply . The whole administration is filled with the likes of her Every department is run by the incompetent, results are all around us .Media are propaganda machine run by Ministry of truth. As long as the dems. are in power it is to stay as is.
The FCC has great latitude in the renewal process to enforce the whole idea of “fair and balanced” to ensure a degree of both accuracy and general tone of discussion that passes for “news” by the networks today. Specifically, things like outright lying and intentional misrepresentation and distortion of the truth to the general public, which accounts for a majority of what networks like MSNBC, CNN to a somewhat lesser extent and of course even the 3 major legacy broadcast channels could all be reined in, to some degree, via the FCC.
It hasn’t been done to date to restore some semblance of on-air honesty because like any large, entrenched governmental bureaucracy, the bureaucrats in charge tend to be far more concerned with maintaining the status quo or avoid making more work for themselves by being more engaged. So yes, Trump is correct that the FCC could indeed be a much more active and responsive to bring at least honest news back to the airwaves. The trick would be putting people in those positions and reshaping the FCC mentally in general to be more “customer focused” instead of simply being process focused. Yet another area of the federal government where some housecleaning is long overdue.
Big Pharma should NOT be allowed to sponsor or air their drug commercials either. Rachal Maddow and Anderson Coopers salaries depend on Pfizer as well as others.
I hate to be a pessimist, but why would the government rebid licenses when the Pravda networks are doing the government’s bidding? Besides, Soros would be the highest bidder.
Government, media, and liberals is where 98% of the misinformation/disinformation comes from.
Why don’t we just cancel “60 Minutes?”
Trump is spot on!
This is the reason I haven’t watched 60 minutes for 15 years. Fake News!
If they’re going to continue to call themselves “journalists” perhaps there needs to be a legal standard. This isn’t the first time and it won’t be their last! And it doesn’t just extend into politics… remember the Duke Lacrosse Team? Richard Jewell? Covington Catholics kids? The kid at the Redskins game with the headdress + face paint?
The networks don’t have FCC licenses. Local affiliates have the license to broadcast, not the networks. The same with cable networks. The F.C.C. has no control over cable. If they did, there would be no swearing on cable channels.
Well, shazzam. Why the surprise? Have we forgotten CBS’ Dan Blather’s “fake, but accurate” response when his fabricated story was exposed on GWB’s service in the TX Air National Guard?
I’ve long said that the most dangerous thing in our society is the media. They have acted as the ministry of propaganda for the DNC for far too long and have only gotten worse as time goes on. Happy to say that their day is coming – soon. 20 years ago they had a stranglehold on what you would see or hear on their “news” programs. With the pervasiveness of the internet, more and more people are getting information elsewhere and are finally hearing something other than DNC talking points. I can’t wait until CBS, NBC and ABC all come crashing down and die. They all are infected by the woke mind virus along with the more blatant activists on MSDNC and CNN. they are all circling the drain right now and their comrades in the print media will be flushed along with the rest of the excrement in 99& of the worldwide media. Good riddance is all I can say.
Big Pharma should NOT be allowed to sponsor or air their drug commercials either.Im sick of seeing them…
This rebid sounds like a good idea, as long as it isn’t decided by liberals. At the least, it will shake up, and draw attention to, the system.
It’s called a breach of the public trust, lying, cheating, and stealing.
Pravda is more balanced and true than American broadcast news.
No entity operating in any of the 50 states should be so blatant to lie, deceive, or manipulate the wave lengths for any specific political party. Such act should be treasonous. They are deceptively misleading those who are refusing to think for themselves or place party over country.
Jeri B. This country has been goin to Hell since the 60’s. Kyle L.
My guess is that Kameltoes was not adamant enough in her support for the awesome mass slaughter of civilian women, children and the elderly by the “Gods Chosen” baby killers that govern Israel. Maybe she said something that might put limits on such actions like issuing tags much like used for game hunting here in the Enhabling States of Amerika.
Who knows? Both parties seem to be arguing over who wants to assist in killing the most number of innocents.
Our nation is lost, forever.