President Trump Could Find A Way to Punish Broadcasters for Not Correcting Themselves With Punitive, Temporary Media Blackouts Stating The Reason For Said Blackout Dear President Trump,  Please pass an executive order or national security directive to punish broadcasters for NOT correcting themselves immediately to fake news.  If fake news is legal because of smith-mundt modernization, you need a directive/EO that supercedes it and makes truth in the news a national security directive If CNN puts out fake news, the US gov should be able to punish them by blacking out their broadcast for a certain time, starting at a time of their choosing, as punishment.  It would be helpful if the blackout of the broadcast were a solid black or white background, with text that says very clearly what the offense was, that the offense is legally provable, and that the offense is the reason for the blackout, and it includes a countdown timer.... I think 1 to 3.3 hours for each offense would be sufficient. I believe that the offending broadcaster should have 3 hours to 10 hours to correct their statements after it is known that they have made false statements, after that time, they should be subjected to punishment Again, the punishment given at the time of the US Gov's choosing.  If there is major coverage, then the US Gov could choose at ANY TIME to deal punishment, and the punishments can be cumulative, so for example if they created 10 pieces of fake news, the US GOV could choose to deal punishment contiguously on a very important friday that is covering an event (such as before a holidy), thus forcing the most number of people (at airports) to be forced to be witness to the punishment for their malfeasance and duplicity in spreading fake news 10 x 3 hours is 30 hours of CNN blackout--they might not be able to recover from this