President Trump
Donald John TrumpThe Hill's Morning Report - White House, Congress: Urgency of now around budget GOP presses Trump to make a deal on spending Democrats wary of handing Trump a win on infrastructure MORE is again suggesting that NBC’s "license" should be challenged, attacking the network’s “journalistic standards” following reports that it had passed on a damning exposé about Harvey Weinstein.
“NBC FAKE NEWS, which is under intense scrutiny over their killing the Harvey Weinstein story, is now fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct,” the president tweeted on Tuesday.
“I have long criticized NBC and their journalistic standards-worse than even CNN. Look at their license?” he added.
NBC FAKE NEWS, which is under intense scrutiny over their killing the Harvey Weinstein story, is now fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct. I have long criticized NBC and their journalistic standards-worse than even CNN. Look at their license?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 4, 2018
Moreover, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai repeatedly said last year that the agency would not revoke those licenses on the basis of a station’s content. A spokeswoman for Pai did not immediately respond when asked for comment on Tuesday.
Last week, a former NBC News producer told The New York Times that the network had effectively suppressed journalist Ronan Farrow’s investigation into Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and his alleged history of sexual assault.
NBC has denied the accusation, saying that Farrow’s work, which was later published in The New Yorker, was not “camera ready.”
