Trump Raises Possibility of Restoring Fairness Doctrine on TV
- President continues criticism of late-night television hosts
- ‘Should we get equal time?’ Trump asks in Twitter message
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President Donald Trump, who has pushed for broad rollbacks of regulations on the environment, markets, banking and other areas, mused on Twitter about restoring a media rule killed under a president he cites as one of his heroes, Ronald Reagan.
“Late Night hosts are dealing with the Democrats for their very ‘unfunny’ & repetitive material, always anti-Trump! Should we get Equal Time?” he wrote to his 40 million Twitter followers Saturday morning. “More and more people are suggesting that Republicans (and me) should be given Equal Time on T.V. when you look at the one-sided coverage?”