Fox’s Jesse Watters Jokes Trump Should Appoint Sean Hannity to Lead FCC And ‘Yank Licenses’
Fox News host Jesse Watters joked that former President Donald Trump should appoint colleague Sean Hannity to the Federal Communications Commission if he wins so that he can “knock heads together” and “yank licenses” from other cable networks.
In recent weeks Trump has escalated his threats against news media, advocating for the broadcasting licenses from networks that air coverage he finds unfavorable to be “terminated” – naming CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN.
On Sunday’s episode of The Five, Watters floated his own idea about how Trump, should he win the election, could implement his plan with a restructuring of the FCC that includes a promotion for his Fox News colleague Hannity.
Co-host Greg Gutfeld mocked Comedy Central’s Saturday Night Live for its “comedy welfare for the Democratic candidate” after the show hosted Vice President Kamala Harris this past weekend.
Watters joined in, echoing FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr in blasting SNL for breaking the “equal time” rule – requiring equal time given to both political candidates by licensed broadcasters to avoid bias before an election.
[Harris] should’ve done [Joe] Rogan and she did this instead and that tells you everything about the Harris campaign and the symbolism of breaking the law to hurt Trump tells you what they’ve done and what they are going to do if he wins. They should’ve invited Donald Trump, it would’ve been funnier, would’ve gotten better ratings but they’re willing to sacrifice their mission, which is laughter and profits, to hurt Trump.
I don’t really think it matters because it’s too late, it’s not like this is going to change anyone’s mind but it shows you the Trump has to run through the rigged system to win whether it’s 60 Minutes or the biased debate moderators [at ABC’s presidential debate] or anything like that. And when he wins it’s going to make it more sweet.
Continuing to call on Trump to reform the FCC, Watters said:
Glenn Greenwald was on my show and he said a lot of his friends in the mainstream media say that they think the mainstream media is pro-trump, they think the network brass and producers, writers, they think they are actually biased in favor of Trump. These are the type of people were dealing with.
So when Trump says we will have to yank licenses it’s because these people are political operatives, they’re not journalists. If Donald Trump wins I expect him to appoint somebody really strong at the FCC like Hannity, so he could knock heads together and yank licenses.
The suggestion drew laughter from fellow panelists, before co-host Dana Perino joked: “Talk about choose your own adventure.”
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