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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Niloy Chakrabarti

Trump Shouts 'No TV Network Expansion!' — How a Saudi-WBD Deal Could Exploit It

Trump cut $1 billion from public media funding, impacting thousands of local US news stations. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/FlickrCC BY-SA 4.0/IBTimes UK)

US President Donald Trump has voiced strong opposition to the expansion of American television networks, citing concerns over the growth of what he describes as 'left-wing news companies.' His social media posts on Sunday accused major networks of being tools for partisan politics and called for restrictions on their growth.

In a Sunday social media post, Trump stated: 'If this would also allow the Radical Left Networks to enlarge, I would not be happy. ABC & NBC, in particular, are a disaster — a virtual arm of the Democrat Party.' He added, 'They should be viewed as an illegal campaign to the Radical Left. No expansion of the fake news networks. If anything, make them smaller!'

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