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Trump wants CBS license revoked; FCC chair explains that isn’t going to happen

“The First Amendment and the Communications Act expressly prohibit the Commission from censoring broadcast matter,” the FCC website says. “Our role in overseeing program content is very limited. We license only individual broadcast stations. We do not license TV or radio networks (such as CBS, NBC, ABC or Fox) or other organizations that stations have […]

Politics

Shari Redstone backs ‘CBS Mornings’ host over Coates interview

Paramount Global’s non-executive chair Shari Redstone publicly broke with the CBS News management team over its handling of a controversial interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel that has roiled the newsroom. Redstone, speaking Wednesday at a previously scheduled event for Advertising Week in New York, said the Paramount Global’s news division leadership “made a […]