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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-16T14:20:22.000Z",
  "site": "https://newrepublic.com",
  "tags": [
    "Breaking News",
    "Donald Trump",
    "FCC",
    "Brendan Carr",
    "Federal Communications Commission",
    "Media",
    "United States",
    "Treason",
    "Politics",
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  "textContent": "Donald Trump is accusing media outlets of committing treason over their Iran war coverage.\n\nOn Truth Social Sunday, Trump made a long-winded post accusing Iran of using AI to create fake videos of attacks on U.S. ships and American publications of “false reporting,” calling out _The Wall Street Journal_ by name. In one instance, he cited a fake video of the USS _Abraham Lincoln_ “burning uncontrollably in the ocean.”\n\n“Not only was it not burning, it was not even shot at — Iran knows better than to do that! The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information!” Trump ranted. “The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they ‘win’ are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets. The Radical Leftwing Press knows this full well, but continues to go forward with false stories and LIES.”\n\nTrump went on to praise FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr for threatening “the licenses of some of these Corrupt and Highly Unpatriotic ‘News’ Organizations.” Carr on Saturday threatened to revoke the broadcasting licenses of local outlets that he determined to be sharing “fake” news.\n\nThe president has long attacked media outlets for even the slightest bit of critical coverage against him, but the weaponization of the FCC in his second term adds cause for concern with this post. Under Carr’s tenure, the FCC has attacked multiple TV networks including NBC, ABC, and CBS, citing various excuses including DEI and new interpretations of existing statutes.\n\nTrump officials such Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are also lashing out at the media, openly gloating as right-wing ownership gets closer to running CNN. As Trump’s war with Iran continues to go poorly, he will continue to lash out at anyone who points out the obvious. Will this come with an attempt to censor the press?",
  "title": "Trump Threatens to Charge Reporters With Treason as Iran War Spirals"
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