2026-08-30T16:24:50.453Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/30/politics/trump-kristen-welker-fcc-nbc
将美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）当作自己的私人执法工具，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周日在社交媒体上表示，将向FCC举报NBC的克里斯汀·韦尔克，要求对其进行“谴责或处罚”，原因是一则他不满意的电视报道。
在另一篇帖子中，特朗普用全大写字母抱怨“虚假民调”，称“必须对此采取行动”，并补充道：“FCC快来救援！”
这些帖子是特朗普迄今为止最明确地指示FCC落实其意愿的举动。FCC主席布伦丹·卡尔是特朗普任命的亲密盟友，未回应CNN就此置评的请求。
特朗普周日发布了一篇长文，内容是关于他所称的媒体对其背书记录的歪曲报道。
他写道：“克里斯汀·韦尔克，这位曾是辉煌的《与媒体见面》节目如今沦为‘假媒体见面’的不受欢迎的‘主持人’，刚称唐纳德·特朗普在候选人背书问题上‘结果喜忧参半’，但近期达琳·格雷厄姆和迈克·马泽伊的胜利，在联邦参议院席位上是100%成功，在联邦众议院席位上短期和长期的成功率也达到了98%。任何人在使用免费公共广播电波工作时，怎么能说出这种话？”
FCC在这类问题上的权力有限，其官网明确表示该机构“无法阻止任何特定观点的播出”，因此针对NBC《与媒体见面》主持人韦尔克的“处罚”说法，从历史来看根本不可能实现。
但卡尔曾迅速响应特朗普针对媒体机构的诉求。他还对一些FCC持牌机构采取了激进行动，尤其是美国广播公司（ABC），其母公司迪士尼本月早些时候刚刚针对该委员会提起了第一修正案诉讼。
今年3月，特朗普在Truth Social平台上就伊朗战争的报道提出类似投诉后，卡尔随即对广播公司发出威胁。
今年4月，特朗普呼吁解雇喜剧演员吉米·坎摩尔的一天后，FCC主席发起了一项不同寻常的挑战，质疑ABC旗下地方电视台的牌照。
卡尔为这一广受批评的行动辩解称，是出于对迪士尼多元化实践的调查。
他同样正对NBC的母公司康卡斯特展开公开调查，称其存在“令人反感的多元化、公平与包容（DEI）歧视形式”。
两党前FCC官员都批评卡尔试图将该机构武器化，压制言论自由。与此同时，特朗普却专门点名表扬卡尔。
周日，特朗普声称韦尔克将“因这种故意的不实报道”被举报给FCC。
任何人都可以向FCC提交投诉，但不存在针对新闻报道提出异议的渠道。
委员会中唯一的民主党委员安娜·戈麦斯回应特朗普的帖子时表示，“FCC无权惩罚本届政府不喜欢的记者”。
“这些对新闻自由的威胁非常危险，”戈麦斯在X平台上写道，“它们破坏了我们民主的根基，绝不该出现在民主国家中。”
韦尔克发表上述言论时，正在华盛顿特区当地的NBC电视台宣传《与媒体见面》节目。
她关于“结果喜忧参半”的说法得到了NBC近期报道的佐证，该报道指出“本月早些时候，特朗普背书的众议院和州长候选人中有六人在初选中失利”。
包括CNN在内的其他新闻机构也将特朗普近期的背书记录描述为“喜忧参半”。
NBC新闻发言人表示：“克里斯汀是业内最优秀的主持人之一，我们支持她。”
过去两年里，特朗普多次批评韦尔克，同时也寻求她的关注并接受了她多次采访。
特朗普周日的帖子主要表达了他对媒体报道其背书记录的愤怒。他在结尾处讨好FCC的任命官员：“媒体是我们国家的耻辱，我希望主席布伦丹·卡尔和委员会的优秀成员能严肃对待这一对我们国家的威胁。”
这一话题也出现在周五的HBO节目《实时》中，比尔·马赫称，他在上一期节目中说“特朗普过去总能赢得背书，现在几乎一无所获”后，收到了总统的反馈。（HBO和CNN同属华纳兄弟探索集团母公司。）
“我收到一位观众的反馈，他对此非常不满，还直接联系了我，”马赫说，这意味着特朗普给他发了图表来反驳这一说法。
“情况确实更复杂一些，但没错，我之前说得太绝对了，”马赫说，“现在别再给我发短信了。”
本文已更新补充更多信息。
Trump calls for NBC’s Kristen Welker to face ‘rebuke or punishment’ from the FCC
2026-08-30T16:24:50.453Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/30/politics/trump-kristen-welker-fcc-nbc
Treating the Federal Communications Commission like his own personal enforcer, President Donald Trump said on social media Sunday that NBC’s Kristen Welker would be “reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment” over a TV segment he didn’t like.
In a separate post, Trump complained in all caps about “fake polls” and said “something must be done about it,” adding, “FCC to the rescue!”
The posts were Trump’s most explicit efforts yet to direct the FCC to carry out his wishes. FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee and close ally, did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on the matter.
Trump posted a long missive Sunday about what he described as mischaracterizations of his endorsement record in primaries.
He wrote: “Kristen Welker, the Unpopular ‘Hostess’ of the once great Meet the Press, now considered Meet the Fake Press, just stated that Donald Trump has ‘mixed results’ on his Endorsements of Candidates, when the recent WINS of Darline Graham and Mike Mazzei, stand at 100% for the U.S. Senate, and 98% for the U.S. House, recently and over the longterm. How can anyone be allowed to say this, working for freely given Public Airwaves?”
The FCC has limited power over issues like this, and its own website states the agency “cannot prevent the broadcast of any particular point of view,” so the notion of “punishment” for Welker, the moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” would historically be a nonstarter.
But Carr has been quick to respond to Trump’s requests to go after media organizations. And he has taken aggressive action against some FCC licensees, particularly ABC, whose parent company, Disney, filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the commission earlier this month.
In March, Carr issued a threat to broadcasters over their coverage of the Iran war after the president made a similar complaint on Truth Social.
In April, the FCC chair initiated an unusual challenge to ABC’s local station licenses, one day after Trump called for comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s firing.
Carr justified the widely criticized action by citing his probe of Disney’s diversity practices.
He similarly has an open investigation into NBC’s parent company, Comcast, over what he has called “invidious forms of DEI discrimination.”
Former FCC officials from both parties have criticized Carr for trying to weaponize the agency and chill free speech. Trump, meantime, has singled out Carr for praise.
On Sunday, Trump claimed Welker will be “reported” to the FCC “because of this purposeful inaccuracy.”
Anyone can file a complaint to the FCC, though there is no option for objecting to a news report.
Anna Gomez, the lone Democrat on the commission, responded to Trump’s posts by saying that “the FCC has no authority to punish journalists this administration doesn’t like.”
“These threats to press freedom are dangerous,” Gomez wrote on X. “They undermine the foundation of our democracy, and they have no place in it.”
Welker made the comment in question while appearing on NBC’s local Washington, DC, station to promote “Meet the Press.”
Her observation about “mixed results” was backed up by NBC’s recent reporting, which noted that “six Trump-backed candidates for House and governor lost their primaries” earlier this month.
Other news outlets, including CNN, have also described Trump’s recent endorsement record as “mixed.”
An NBC News spokesperson said, “Kristen is one of the best in the business and we stand by her.”
The president has criticized Welker repeatedly in the past couple of years while also seeking out her attention and granting her multiple interviews.
Trump’s Sunday post focused on his anger over the media’s coverage about his endorsement record. Trump concluded by flattering the FCC appointees: “The Press is a Disgrace to our Nation, and I hope that Chairman Brendan Carr, and the fine people of his Commission, will take this Threat to our Country very seriously.”
The subject also came up on Friday’s edition of HBO’s “Real Time,” when Bill Maher said that he heard from the president after saying on his previous episode that “Trump used to win all of his endorsements, now he’s winning almost none of them.” (HBO and CNN share the same parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.)
“I heard from one viewer who was very upset about this, contacted me directly,” Maher said, indicating that the president texted him with charts to disprove the claim.
“It’s a little more nuanced, but yes, I overstated it,” Maher said. “Now, stop texting.”
This story has been updated with additional information.
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