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Trump’s FCC Chair Threatens to Pull Broadcast Licenses Over Negative Iran War Coverage
(www.commondreams.org)
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We've already established these threats as toothless.
Only if a) you have enough money to pay lawyers to defend your rights, and b) the judge happens to not be a Trump follower.
They don't have to be legitimate, just saying it is enough for some to comply regardless
Didn't NPR lose its funding?
Fortunately for Trump, American corporations are so spineless and amoral that any type of threat, no matter how toothless or unconstitutional, will induce immediate pre-emptive compliance.