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FCC Chair Slams Trump for Demanding TV Networks Be Shut Down

‘REPEATED ATTACKS’

Last month, he went after ABC’s broadcasting license. Now he wants CBS off the air too.

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

Breaking News Editor

The FCC chairwoman criticized Donald Trump’s threats to free speech with requests for TV networks to lose their broadcasting licenses for political reasons.
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Dan Ladden-Hall

Dan Ladden-Hall

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