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ABC Claims FCC’s License Review Is a Political Censorship Push

ABC argues in a 119-page filing that the FCC’s review of eight Disney-owned ABC TV licenses amounts to attempted censorship and a chilling effect, tying the move to administration and Trump-era pressure on media coverage; FCC Chair Brendan Carr defends enforcement as a fitness-based authority rather than speech policing, while ABC points to bipartisan criticism and a wave of public comments warning against politicized licensing.