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> Nixon used the FCC to threaten the Washington Post with licensure revocation in an attempt to get them to squash coverage of Watergate

Wait, what? The Washington Post is a newspaper. Are they licensed by the FCC in any way?

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The Washington Post is a newspaper that at the time was owned by The Washington Post Company. The Washington Post Company owned the paper and also some television stations that required FCC licensure

One of the stations (WPLG) still operates in Florida, and is (IIRC) an ABC affiliate

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