Trump tells FCC to punish journalist for calling his election results "mixed"
Summary
Ars Technica reports that President Trump urged the FCC to punish NBC journalist Kristen Welker for describing his endorsements as having 'mixed results.' The piece frames this as an example of Trump leveraging the FCC to pressure media coverage, analyzes the agency’s independence, and discusses the use of the agency’s news-distortion policy and leadership shifts under Brendan Carr. The article also notes responses from NBC, Poynter, and FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez regarding press freedom and regulatory authority.