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GOP senator calls for FCC probe of ABC News over Trump sons-Anduril…

Moreno's letter targets a report ABC News later retracted about the president's eldest son and a defense contractor; any FCC review would be a rare step.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorRepublican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio is asking the FCC to investigate ABC News over a report it later retracted, one linking Donald Trump Junior and the defense contractor Anduril to government contracts.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMoreno calls the story a political hit job, according to Fox News.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorABC pulled the report, and the senator wants the regulator to ask how it ever aired.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA retraction is a network admitting a mistake, which is more honesty than most of Washington manages before breakfast.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is also an invitation, Vera. Once a regulator is asked to review a newsroom, every editor in the country notices.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNotices, and then rereads every draft twice.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich would be a nice change for the internet.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIn a few minutes, seventy marathon runners, one very bad night in Utah, and how it ended.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorChip Darnell has news from across America, and I suspect none of it was retracted.

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