‘Chilling effect’: MS NOW instantly reacts to Trump’s call for FCC to punish NBC’s Kristen Welker
President Trump is pushing for the Federal Communications Commission to punish or rebuke NBC anchor Kristen Welker for what he claims were “inaccurate” comments about his midterm election endorsements. Democratic strategist Basil Smikle, former New York prosecutor and civil rights attorney Charles Coleman, Editor-in-Chief at The Verge Nilay Patel and MS NOW Business Analyst Ron Insana join Stephanie Ruhle to discuss the Trump administration’s threats to the press. Plus, Peter Alexander reacts to Trump’s “assault on journalists”, including his former NBC News colleague Kristen Welker, saying “the president is again using the levers of government to crack down on reporting that he does not like.”
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