ABC tells the government to get out of its newsrooms
ABC is challenging an FCC investigation into whether 'The View' should be classified as a news program, which would subject it to 'equal time' rules for political candidates. The network argues that the FCC's scrutiny threatens editorial independence and is politically motivated.
ABC is firing back at the Federal Communications Commission after the agency opened an investigation into The View’s airtime of political candidates. In a letter to the FCC on Tuesday, ABC argues that the agency’s actions pose a risk to editorial independence by targeting programs “perceived as unfriendly to the current administration,” as reported earlier by The Wrap.
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