NBC News responds after Trump's FCC threat on Kristen Welker
NBC said Kristen Welker is one of the best in the business after Donald Trump threatened to report her to the Federal Communications Commission.
- On August 30, President Donald Trump threatened to report NBC News moderator Kristen Welker to the Federal Communications Commission after she said his primary endorsements had "some mixed results."
- Welker has hosted "Meet the Press" since 2023 and previously clashed with Trump in June when he walked out of an interview after she pressed him on unsubstantiated election fraud claims in California.
- NBC News defended the moderator, calling her "one of the best in the business," while FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez stated the agency "has no authority to punish journalists this administration doesn't like."
- Federal regulations restrict the Commission's oversight to individual broadcast stations rather than networks like NBC, explicitly prohibiting the agency from censoring broadcast content under the Communications Act and First Amendment.
- These tensions coincide with a lawsuit Disney filed against the FCC, alleging a "retaliatory campaign" following Trump's demands to fire Jimmy Kimmel after a joke about first lady Melania Trump.
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NBC Backs Kristen Welker After Trump's FCC Threat
NBC is publicly backing Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker after President Trump vowed on social media to report her to federal regulators , USA Today reports. Trump blasted Welker for saying he's had "some mixed results" with his 2026 primary endorsements. In response, the POTUS claimed she would be reported...
NBC News stands by Kristen Welker after Trump directs FCC to punish her
It’s hardly surprising at this point that President Trump would direct the United States government to go after his enemies in the media—the whole Jimmy Kimmel mishegoss was less than a year ago—but his recent verbal attack on NBC News’ Kristen Welker certainly has to rank among the pettiest examples of this. During this weekend’s Meet The Press, Welker observed that Trump’s endorsements of Republican candidates has received “some mixed results.…
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — United States President Donald Trump launched a harsh attack on NBC News journalist Kristen Welker and asked the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take action against her....
NBC News Responds To Trump’s FCC Threat Against Anchor Kristen Welker
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump threatened to have NBC News anchor and Meet the Press host Kristen Welker punished by the government for a comment she made in an interview about the president’s uneven record with his endorsements in contested primaries this year. Trump went on to state that Welker “will be reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment,” and called on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to take this “threat to our country very seri…
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