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ABC asks viewers to protest FCC attempt to "control who is allowed" on The View
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ABC is urging viewers to write to the Federal Communications Commission and tell it to stop trying to “control who is allowed to appear” on The View.
Key facts
- The View itself won a bona fide news exemption from the FCC in 2002, during President George W
- In 2002, ABC requested and obtained a Declaratory Ruling from the Mass Media Bureau confirming that status
- The View has welcomed your favorite guests and covered the issues you care about for nearly 30 years,” ABC’s ad said
- Until now, it has never been disputed that The View qualifies as a bona fide news interview program,” ABC said in a May 7 filing
Summary
“ The View has welcomed your favorite guests and covered the issues you care about for nearly 30 years,” ABC’s ad said. For decades, the FCC has classified late-night and daytime entertainment talk shows as bona fide news for the purposes of their interview segments. Shows are not required to ask for exemptions from the equal-time rule, but some have done so to avoid any semblance of doubt. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who has repeatedly threatened to punish networks and shows that aren’t beloved by President Trump, departed from the FCC’s longstanding approach by opening a proceeding that could force The View to comply with equal-time requirements.