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Trump urges FCC to probe media polling and punish NBC host

President Donald Trump has called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate media polling practices and potentially punish NBC's Kristen Welker. Trump expressed frustration with what he termed "fake polls" and criticized Welker's reporting on his candidate endorsements. However, the FCC's authority over broadcast licensing is limited, and the First Amendment protects freedom of the press, making direct punishment for reporting unlikely. AI

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Trump urges FCC to probe media polling and punish NBC host

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Jeff Mason, Bloomberg ·

    Trump urges FCC to probe media polling, punish NBC moderator

    The president also lashed out at Kristen Welker, the moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, for saying his endorsements of Republican candidates in primary elections this year had shown mixed results.