ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment

The network’s argument, made to the F.C.C., is the most aggressive posture taken yet by a television network toward the Trump administration.

By Jim Rutenberg and John Koblin

ABC lawyers accuse Trump’s FCC of punishing network for political reasons

Network lawyers in a legal motion strongly pushed back against the FCC’s investigation into The View talkshow Lawyers representing an ABC station have accused the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of punishing the network for political purposes in a strongly worded attack on the Trump-controlled commission’s investigation into top-rated talkshow, The View. In a legal motion filed on Thursday, KTRK-TV, a Houston-based local television station owned by ABC, pushed back strongly against th...

By Jeremy Barr in Washington

ABC fires back at FCC probe of 'The View,' calls out agency's 'chilling effect on First Amendment'

ABC offered a fiery response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its ongoing probe against "The View," saying it has a "chilling effect" on free speech.

In legal dispute over 'The View,' ABC argues Trump administration is trying to chill free speech

ABC Says Trump’s FCC Probe Into ‘The View’ Over Equal-Time Rule Threatens to ‘Chill Critical Protected Speech’

Disney’s ABC is firing back at the FCC, accusing the agency of engaging in actions that “threaten to upend decades of settled law and practice and chill critical protected speech.” The issue involves an FCC investigation into whether talk-show “The View” qualifies for an exemption to the agency’s equal-time political rule but ABC argues that […]

By Todd Spangler

Disney Calls FCC Equal Time Investigation Into ‘The View’ “Unprecedented,” Will “Chill” Free Speech

The investigation "threatens to limit news coverage of political candidates and chill core First Amendment-protected speech for years and potentially decades to come," ABC says.

By Alex Weprin

ABC Says FCC’s Equal Time Crackdown On ‘The View’ Chills Its First Amendment Rights

ABC said that the the FCC’s efforts to restrict political candidates from appearing on shows like The View amount to a violation of its First Amendment rights, pushing back on Trump-appointed Brendan Carr’s efforts to use his regulatory authority to threaten broadcasters. In a filing with the agency on Thursday, the network said that “some […]

By Ted Johnson