President Donald Trump stated on Sunday that Kristen Welker, the moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, should face rebuke or punishment from the Federal Communications Commission. The president's comments followed a report by Welker describing the success record of candidates he endorsed for the November midterm and primary elections as mixed.
Trump used his Truth Social platform to attack Welker, calling her the unpopular hostess of the once great Meet the Press. These threats are part of a wider series of attacks against the media, including an admonition for the FCC to investigate polling used by various news outlets.
The Federal Communications Commission under Trump has sought to target news outlets for spreading fake news. In a previous instance, the president directed the regulator to go after ABC, which the company claims forced it to make programming changes.