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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Trump orders FCC intervention to stop ‘fake polls’ and says NBC’s Kristen Welker should face ‘punishment’

Donald Trump vowed to use the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as a weapon against NBC News and various polling companies on Sunday as he angrily lashed out at coverage of his declining popularity and political endorsements.

In a pair of Truth Social messages, Trump wrote that the FCC – the U.S. government agency that regulates the media – would be directed against his varied list of targets, a move that comes as the commission’s chair has insisted that the FCC is not acting at the direction of the president when it has acted against his other foes.

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