# Trump tells FCC to punish journalist for calling his election results “mixed”

https://mins.news/en/item/39288

- Ars Technica, 2026-08-31 18:39 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/trump-tells-fcc-to-punish-journalist-for-calling-his-election-results-mixed/

> President Trump demanded that the Federal Communications Commission rebuke or punish NBC journalist Kristen Welker after she described his election-endorsement results as “mixed.” He called the remark a “purposeful inaccuracy,” in another example of his use of the FCC to target reporters and news organizations he dislikes.

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