FCC Gets Complaints After TV News Repeats Trump's Crude Word

  • Agency not bound to act on complaints about televised accounts
  • Trump on Friday denied comment but senator insists it was made
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Regulators fielded complaints about TV news broadcasts that repeated President Donald Trump’s crude characterization of Haiti and African nations during a closed-door discussion of immigration issues.

The complaints arrived Thursday and Friday at the Federal Communications Commission, according to spokesman Neil Grace. He declined further comment.