Few heeded Trump's call to challenge TV licenses

Washington Examiner ^ | Oct. 19, 2017

[deplorableindc]

President Trump said last week that broadcast TV licenses "must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked" in response to "partisan, distorted and fake" news coverage. But few people seem to have taken him seriously, even though complaints against broadcasters are easy to file.

Publicly available data from the Federal Communications Commission show there wasn't a significant bump in consumer complaints against TV stations after a pair of Trump tweets Thursday, despite the fact that complaints are made using a simple online form or phone call.

[Delta 21]

Where is this form?

[jjotto]

The President didn’t make clear that it’s local broadcasters whose licenses must be protested. CNN and MSNBC have no licenses. The FCC has no jurisdiction over them.

I think the President’s suggestion was just trolling libs anyway.

[cymbeline]

I don’t like the idea of censoring the media over their political reporting.

[cba123]

The reason is, the media is slowly dissolving.

Sure they are HUGE still, and very much liberals. Almost every single outlet.

But they’re dissolving. There just isn’t any real competition (yet)

It’s coming.

[Blue House Sue]

Trump always wins in the long game as he is always 100 steps ahead of everyone else. Challenging licenses is a first step to provide the president with an opportunity to check the corrupt and leftist media and sanitize the flow of information to the American people.

[Texas Eagle]

I’d be happier if he called for the abolishment of the FCC.

[binreadin]

I agree. As for censoring the news—we are no longer getting the news. We are on the receiving end of sheer propaganda written to influence our thought and actions through the dissemination of carefully crafted misinformation and half-truths.

[mewzilla]

Judging by the ratings, they just don’t watch.

Local affiliates have a professional death with.

[bigbob]

Classic misdirection...while they were fussing about this he decertified the Iran deal and the Dow hit record highs.

[jjotto]

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/complaints-about-broadcast-journalism

[Buckeye McFrog]

Where is this form?

fcc.gov

You can also send your complaint to the local station who MUST report it to the FCC and MUST maintain it for public inspection. If enough people send such complaints it does complicate their license renewal.

Keep in mind you should do this to NBC OWNED AND OPERATED stations only.