| By AP News Photos: YouTube Screenshots President Donald Trump has used threats, lawsuits and government pressure as he remakes the American media landscape, unleashing his long-standing grievances against an industry that has mocked, criticized and scorned him for years. Read more. |
| Why this matters: He’s extracted multimillion-dollar settlements, forced companies into costly litigation and prompted changes to programming that he found objectionable. Now Trump is escalating his campaign of censure and retaliation, invigorated by successful efforts to push ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air for his commentary on conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while returning from Great Britain on Thursday, Trump said federal regulators should consider revoking broadcast licenses for networks that “give me only bad publicity.” “All they do is hit Trump,” he said. Brendan Carr, Trump’s handpicked head of the Federal Communications Commission, issued a similar warning the previous day while criticizing Kimmel’s remarks. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.” ABC suspended Kimmel hours later. |
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