Fake News Accusations Could Deplatform Mainstream Outlets
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 594 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Major news networks could lose their licenses to broadcast in the United States. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is now threatening to deplatform several outlets over accusations that they are spreading fake news and not operating in the public interest.
We’ll discuss this topic and others in this episode of “Crossroads.”
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Crossroads and happy St. Paddy's Day, everyone. |
| 0:04.0 | Look, major news networks could actually lose their licenses to broadcast in the United States |
| 0:08.7 | because the FCC is threatening to de-platform outlets over fake news accusations. |
| 0:14.6 | Big update, you might actually see something that could take it off. |
| 0:17.2 | Meanwhile, a batch of Antifa members who were just found guilty on a groundbreaking terrorism trial, |
| 0:23.6 | because remember, they're now designated terrorists, some of them, first charges actually went through. |
| 0:29.6 | Also, in another topic, the United States is quickly running out of key rare earth elements, |
| 0:33.6 | and that could be problematic because we kind of need them. I'll be going to this |
| 0:38.6 | and what it means in today's episode, so make sure to hit the like button, leave a comment. |
| 0:43.3 | Let's get started. All right, look, major news networks could actually lose their licenses |
| 0:48.2 | to broadcast in the United States. The FCC, the Federal Communications Commission. |
| 0:52.8 | They're now actually threatening to de-platform several major news Communications Commission, they're now actually threatening to the platform |
| 0:55.6 | several major news outlets, and they're accused of spreading fake news and basically not operating |
| 1:01.8 | in public interest, which again, if you have a broadcaster's license, the big narrative is this. |
| 1:09.3 | You're given different bands to broadcast on, whether it's a cable news, you know, network, whether, for example, it's a radio station. |
| 1:18.7 | And the idea is you're allowed to monopolize these things. You know, you gain control over a certain band under FCC approval, but you need to follow certain rules. |
| 1:30.2 | There actually are rules on this. It's not like you can just have it forever. |
| 1:33.7 | FCC is basically saying a lot of news outlets have been violating the federal requirements for |
| 1:39.4 | them on this. Let me explain this his daily caller. It says federal communications commission |
| 1:44.1 | chairman, Brandon Carr, warned media outlets Saturday that they may Let me explain this his daily caller. It says Federal Communications Commission Chairman |
| 1:44.6 | Brandon Carr warned media outlets Saturday that they may lose their broadcast licenses if they |
| 1:51.0 | insist on running quote fake news content. You know, it's a car wrote in a post on X. He was |
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