Disney is calling Trump’s FCC ‘unconstitutional.’ It paid him $15 million 2 years ago
Disney's ABC network has criticized the FCC for what it calls an unconstitutional review of its broadcast licenses. The FCC, led by a Trump ally, is investigating ABC's practices and has demanded early renewal applications for licenses. ABC argues that this move threatens free speech and journalism by creating a chilling effect on editorial decisions.
- ▪ABC-owned stations across the U.S. filed objections to the FCC's early review of their broadcast licenses.
- ▪FCC Chairman Brendan Carr stated that broadcast licensees have a unique obligation to operate in the public interest.
- ▪Commissioner Anna Gomez called the reviews an egregious assault on the First Amendment and encouraged media companies to resist the agency's actions.
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Local TV stations owned by ABC across the United States blasted the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday for launching an “unlawful, arbitrary and unconstitutional” early review of their broadcast licenses as a dispute between the network and the Trump-controlled agency intensifies.Recommended Video “It is an extraordinary demonstration of power and coercion directed at disfavored editorial voices which sends a clear warning to every broadcaster in America,” WABC in New York wrote in an objection that accompanied paperwork filed to comply with the FCC’s demand for early applications to renew licenses. ABC-owned stations in seven other markets filed similar objections.
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