NBC News responds after Trump's FCC threat on Kristen Welker
NBC said Kristen Welker is one of the best in the business after Donald Trump threatened to report her to the Federal Communications Commission.
- On August 30, President Donald Trump threatened to report NBC News moderator Kristen Welker to the Federal Communications Commission after she said his primary endorsements had "some mixed results."
- Welker has hosted "Meet the Press" since 2023 and previously clashed with Trump in June when he walked out of an interview after she pressed him on unsubstantiated election fraud claims in California.
- NBC News defended the moderator, calling her "one of the best in the business," while FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez stated the agency "has no authority to punish journalists this administration doesn't like."
- Federal regulations restrict the Commission's oversight to individual broadcast stations rather than networks like NBC, explicitly prohibiting the agency from censoring broadcast content under the Communications Act and First Amendment.
- These tensions coincide with a lawsuit Disney filed against the FCC, alleging a "retaliatory campaign" following Trump's demands to fire Jimmy Kimmel after a joke about first lady Melania Trump.
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