Eric Swalwell Doesn’t Want To Dictate What Channels The Military Can Watch — Unless They Like Fox News

Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) suggested that Saturday, despite not wanting to “get in the business of telling troops what they can and cannot watch,” He may be open to banning Fox News at military installations.

Swalwell joined Katie Phang (MSNBC) on Saturday to discuss the ongoing. Dominion The lawsuit “damage” She believed that Fox News was doing this, and asked if Congress was willing to join.

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“Nothing makes [our troops] feel more like home than their access to American television programming, and a popular channel is Fox News,” Eric Swalwell, Democrat

“We need to take a look at how [Fox News] is being broadcast to our troops.” pic.twitter.com/tzJeTfyEoU

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“Has there been any discussions in Congress about maybe congressional oversight, regulations, maybe the FCC getting involved? I know we all respect the First Amendment, Congressman, but should there be some type of gatekeeping that happens so that this doesn’t happen again?” Phang asked.

Swalwell referred to a recent push by VoteVets, a political action committee, to ban Fox News from military installations. He said that he understands it could be a difficult task because the network has a lot of popularity with American servicemen.

“FOX hosts’ election lies and disinformation splits the ranks, hurts unit cohesion, and weakens America’s national defense,” Tweeted by the PAC “They must be removed from all TVs on military installations NOW.”

FOX hosts’ election lies are disinformation and split the ranks. It hurts unit cohesion and weakens America’s national defense. They must be removed instantly from all TVs and military installations.

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— VoteVets (@votevets) March 6, 2023

“Nothing makes them feel more like home than their access to American television programming,” He spoke.

“I don’t want to get in the business of telling troops what they can and cannot watch,” He said. “But, if you have a news station that a court is going to rule is, in its evening hour, you know, perpetuating dis- and misinformation, I don’t know if I disagree with VoteVets, who was saying that we need to take a look at, you know, how this is being broadcast to our troops,” Swalwell went on.

“I don’t think we’re without complete recourse,” According to the California Congressman, threats of Congressional oversight were implied. “an incentive for Fox News to clean up” Programming that didn’t follow the guidelines.

Democrats and some legacy media experts have spent much of this week critiquing Fox News and the popular host. Tucker Carlson His broadcast of previously unseen footage from Capitol Hill’s Jan 6th Riot was a great success.

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