Overview

• In a Truth Social post, the president shared an old photo of Al Sharpton and called for the FCC to examine NBC’s license while alleging pro-Democrat coverage at NBC and ABC.
• Sharpton’s PoliticsNation airs on MSNBC, not NBC, and Trump also criticized Comcast CEO Brian Roberts as unwilling to cancel the show for political reasons.
• The FCC licenses individual broadcast stations rather than national networks or cable outlets, giving it little direct oversight of MSNBC’s programming.
• Trump’s demand extends a long-running campaign to pressure news organizations, following recent scrutiny tied to FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s warnings that briefly led some ABC affiliates to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live.
• Coverage points out that Comcast is moving to spin off MSNBC into a separate company, a corporate shift that complicates efforts to pin responsibility on NBC’s broadcast license.