President Trump unleashed a late-night broadside against NBC and ABC News on Sunday, blasting their coverage as “biased” and suggesting the FCC should revoke their broadcast licenses.
Trump claimed the networks’ reporting was negative in “97%” of stories — though he did not cite a source. A Media Research Center study earlier this year found 92% of coverage during his first 100 days was negative.
.@LisaMarieBoothe uses MRC study to roast Colbert on @FoxNews:
"In the first 100 days of the Trump administration, 92% of the media coverage was negative. Nothing [Colbert] is saying is brave, it aligns with the rest of these people in the media." pic.twitter.com/ySGK9IlsVB
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 29, 2025
🚨NEW: The Trump-hating media blasted President Trump with 92% negative coverage during his first 100 days.@elonmusk, @PeteHegseth, and @RobertKennedyJr were smeared with 96%, 100%, and 89% negative coverage, respectively.
Meanwhile, when Joe Biden took office, he was showered… pic.twitter.com/xv2b0bCmtB
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) April 28, 2025
“IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEY ARE SIMPLY AN ARM OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY AND SHOULD, ACCORDING TO MANY, HAVE THEIR LICENSES REVOKED,” Trump wrote in all caps, adding he would be “totally in favor” of such a move, calling the outlets “so biased and untruthful, an actual threat to our Democracy.”
Donald J. Trump Truth Social 08.24.25 09:59 PM EST pic.twitter.com/NFUFLxLTEZ
— Fan Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) August 25, 2025
He followed with another post branding both networks “FAKE NEWS” and “two of the absolute worst and most biased networks anywhere in the world.” Trump also questioned why they don’t “pay Millions of Dollars a year in LICENSE FEES,” arguing: “They should lose their Licenses for their unfair coverage of Republicans and/or Conservatives, but at a minimum, they should pay up BIG for the privilege of using the most valuable airwaves anywhere at anytime!!! Crooked ‘journalism’ should not be rewarded, it should be terminated!!!”
Donald J. Trump Truth Social 08.24.25 10:58 PM EST pic.twitter.com/YMmlsy0gSW
— Fan Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) August 25, 2025
More over at The New York Post:
Trump hits ABC, NBC as ‘FAKE NEWS,’ says he’d support FCC revoking licenses https://t.co/N84kWCvx0y pic.twitter.com/8vvzBXrcuT
— New York Post (@nypost) August 25, 2025