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ABC tells the government to get out of its newsrooms
ABC is firing back at the Federal Communications Commission after the agency opened an investigation into The View's airtime of political candidates. In a letter to the FCC on Tuesday, ABC argues that the agency's actions pose a risk to editorial independence by targeting programs "perceived as unfriendly to the current administration," as reported earlier […] ABC is firing back at the Federal Communications Commission after the agency opened an investigation into The View 's airtime of political candidates. In a letter to the FCC on Tuesday, ABC argues that the agency's actions pose a risk to editorial independence by targeting programs "perceived as unfriendly to the current administration," as reported earlier by The Wrap . In February, the FCC Chair Brendan Carr confirmed that he's reexamining The View 's classification as a "bona fide" news program after the talk show held an
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ABC is firing back at the Federal Communications Commission after the agency opened an investigation into The View's airtime of political candidates. In a letter to the FCC on Tuesday, ABC argues that the agency's actions pose a risk to editorial independence by targeting programs "perceived as unfriendly to the current administration," as reported earlier […] ABC is firing back at the Federal Communications Commission after the agency opened an investigation into The View 's airtime of political candidates. In a letter to the FCC on Tuesday, ABC argues that the agency's actions pose a risk to editorial independence by targeting programs "perceived as unfriendly to the current administration," as reported earlier by The Wrap . In February, the FCC Chair Brendan Carr confirmed that he's reexamining The View 's classification as a "bona fide" news program after the talk show held an
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According to The Verge’s linked source, ABC tells the government to get out of its newsrooms, ABC is firing back at the Federal Communications Commission after the agency opened an investigation into The View’s airtime of political candidates. In a letter to the FCC on Tuesday, ABC argues that the agency’s actions pose a risk to editorial independence by targeting programs “perceived as unfriendly to the current administration,” as reported earlier […] ABC is firing back at the Federal Communications Commission after the agency opened an investigation into The View ’s airtime of political candidates. In a letter to the FCC on Tuesday, ABC argues that the agency’s actions pose a risk to editorial independence by targeting programs “perceived as unfriendly to the current administration,” as reported earlier by The Wrap . In February, the FCC Chair Brendan Carr confirmed that he’s reexamining The View ’s classification as a “bona fide” news program after the talk show held an
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