ABC vs FCC: Court fight over First Amendment rights widens ongoing regulatory feud
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ABC and Disney filed a lawsuit against the FCC, alleging that the agency’s early review of their broadcast licenses violates the First Amendment and constitutes a retaliatory political campaign tied to the Trump administration’s disapproval of their programming, intensifying a feud that has already drawn in Jimmy Kimmel, The View, and scrutiny of diversity and equal-time rules in ABC’s operations.
Topics:top-news#censorship#federal-communications-commission#first-amendment#free-speech#freedom-of-the-press#media
- ABC sues FCC, claiming First Amendment violations, escalating months-long feud The Washington Post
- ABC Sues Trump Administration Over F.C.C. Threat to Its TV Licenses nytimes.com
- ABC sues U.S. broadcast regulator over early licence reviews, calling it an 'existential threat' CBC
- Disney sues Trump’s FCC over ‘retaliatory campaign’ against ABC CNN
- ABC sues FCC over challenge to its broadcast licenses, saying actions present ‘existential threat’ CBS 17
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