ABC tells the government to get out of its newsrooms

ABC is firing backmost astatine the Federal Communications Commission aft the bureau opened an probe into The View's airtime of governmental candidates. In a missive to the FCC connected Tuesday, ABC argues that the agency's actions airs a hazard to editorial independency by targeting programs "perceived arsenic unfriendly to the existent administration," as reported earlier by The Wrap.

In February, the FCC Chair Brendan Carr confirmed that he's reexamining The View's classification arsenic a "bona fide" quality programme aft the speech amusement held an interrogation with Rep. James Talarico (D-TX), who is moving for a spot successful the Senate. The View's classification exempts it …

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