Former FCC Officials Criticize Agency's Review of ABC Licenses as Attack on Free Speech
Former FCC chairs and officials have strongly criticized the agency's early review of ABC's licenses, calling it 'an assault on free speech disguised as a regulatory process.' They argue that the review undermines fundamental principles of free expression.
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FCC Slammed by Former Agency Officials Over Review of ABC’s Licenses: ‘An Assault on Free Speech Disguised as Regulatory Process’
The FCC and its current chairman, Brendan Carr, were blasted by former heads of the agency and other officials as pursuing a campaign to “censor Disney’s and ABC’s speech” with its highly unusual early review of spectrum licenses for eight ABC-owned TV stations. In a filing Tuesday with the FCC, the officials — who served […]
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A group of former FCC chairs and top agency officials of both parties are calling on current chairman Brendan Carr to end the early review of broadcast licenses for ABC stations, characterizing it as “an assault on free speech disguised as regulatory process.” In a filing with the FCC on Tuesday, the officials wrote, “The […]
By Ted Johnson
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