“NO EXPANSION OF THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS” – Trump Voices Concern Over Potential Nexstar Merger
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Donald Trump is skeptical of the potential Nexstar Media Group Merger.
Trump wrote on Truth Social, “If this would also allow the Radical Left Networks to “enlarge,” I would not be happy…NO EXPANSION OF THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS. If anything, make them SMALLER!”
If this would also allow the Radical Left Networks to “enlarge,” I would not be happy. ABC & NBC, in particular, are a disaster – A VIRTUAL ARM OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY. They should be viewed as an illegal campaign to the Radical Left. NO EXPANSION OF THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS. If anything, make them SMALLER! President DJT
President Donald Trump has voiced personal concerns about the potential Nexstar Media Group merger could give networks like NBC and ABC, which have been critical of him and his administration, greater reach than they currently have.
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The Nexstar merger with fellow TV giant Tegna has been in the works since August 2025 when the television giant announced it had entered into an agreement to buy Tegna for around $6.2 billion.
The merger would make Nexstar, already the largest owner of local television stations in the United States, potentially the largest media company with the most extensive reach in the country, with ownership over 265 television stations across 44 states and covering around 80 percent of TV households, according to Variety.
Trump also posted an article about Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy, warning about the potential merger.
Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy took to his network’s airwaves Tuesday night to warn that the FCC, under Brendan Carr, is moving to give the big TV networks massive reach — and pushing through a mega-merger of the anti-Trump Nexstar group.
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The limit is part of the “TV ownership cap” President Ronald Reagan first established to block big networks from owning every local station in the country — and controlling their local news.
“Reagan understood if you have left-wing networks like ABC, NBC and CBS – or groups like Nexstar today controlling every local station and their local news — Republicans would have little chance to win in state and federal elections,” Ruddy said.
Ruddy told Newsmax’s Rob Finnerty that if Carr’s plans had been put into place 10 years ago, he doubted Donald Trump would have ever won the presidency or that the GOP would control Congress today.
