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ABC accuses the FCC of violating free speech rights over "The View"
ABC filed a petition with the FCC claiming that the agency's scrutiny of "The View" threatens to "chill critical protected speech."

What happened
According to CBS News’s source item, ABC accuses the FCC of violating free speech rights over “The View”, ABC filed a petition with the FCC claiming that the agency’s scrutiny of “The View” threatens to “chill critical protected speech.”
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Primary source: ABC accuses the FCC of violating free speech rights over “The View” via CBS News. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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- ABC accuses the FCC of violating free speech rights over "The View"CBS News - 2026-05-08T20:14:21+00:00
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