Action Details
- Action
- The FCC Is Deciding Which Political Views Are Allowed on Television
- Description
- The FCC opened an investigation into whether The View counts as "bona fide news" — a technical fight that comes down to whether the show can host a Democratic Senate candidate without the government threatening its parent company's broadcast licenses. The probe followed Trump's public demand that ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel, and the FCC has ordered ABC's eight local stations into early license renewal, years ahead of schedule — something ABC says hasn't happened in over five decades. ABC's own legal filing calls it "an extraordinary demonstration of power and coercion directed at disfavored editorial voices." A government agency is using its licensing power over the airwaves to decide which guests a talk show is allowed to book.
- Date
- 6/22/2026
- Urgency
- High
- Impeachable
- No
- Article Links
- Ars Techica
- Tags
- AutocracyIllegalOnlyTrump
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