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Why is Trump threatening to pull the broadcast licenses of networks he doesn't like?

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63% Informative

Viewership has been on a steady decline for the last two decades .

The biggest shows are coming to streaming first , and broadcast’s biggest shows losing their big-name hosts.

Trump has threatened to pull the broadcast licenses of networks that run programs the White House doesn’t like.

Nexstar CEO Perry Sook is hopeful that the new administration will remove rules capping the number of local stations a company can own.

Sinclair, the second largest owner of TV stations in the US , is also eager for more consolidation.

Sook: “Maybe fact-based journalism will come back into vogue, as well as eliminating the level of activist journalism out there”.

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semi-formal

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English

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