The ABC vs the FCC war of words has escalated…

[only1moore]

ABC Escalates Battle With FCC, Launches On-Air Campaign Urging Public Support

The spots debuted today, asking ABC viewers to support 'The View' and its local stations amid an FCC review of its licenses.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Kudos to Disney for taking this fight public. Their news programs need to show the same backbone, but any punching back is good.

 

[ted chittenden]

This is all going to wind up in the courts, regardless of what the President, FCC chair, or public think. At that point, I hope we have enough judges all the way down the line to not yield the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.

 

[TheBigA]

Brendan Carr likes to talk about the public mistrust of the media. But they mistrust the government more. By a lot.

This current government doesn't have a mandate. Not anymore. Not for the things they're doing. I think they know it.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

They're past the point of worrying about a mandate. This is the brute force phase.

 

[TheBigA]

Carr has responded to the ABC campaign

FCC takes aim at Disney’s push for public support amid regulatory probes

ABC stations aired spots urging viewers to contact the FCC and support the network in its fight against the agency, saying its actions threaten free speech.

www.nbcnews.com

Addressing ABC’s new campaign, an FCC spokesperson said in a statement Monday: “Disney wants the FCC to classify ‘The View’ as a ‘bona fide news program.’ And it has chosen to run a campaign of misinformation to make its case—misleading viewers about the law. That is a choice.”

 

[Deus Ex Machiato]

They're past the point of worrying about a mandate. This is the brute force phase.

And on some level, they're attacking a beast largely of their own creation. Disney is - as a business - the epitome of everything that corporate America identifies with. A company started by a single man with a vision. For decades Disney was the ultimate "family friendly" source of content and vacation entertainment for the kiddos. When the constraints on mergers and acquisitions were loosened, they "grew their business" by several orders of magnitude.

Now, they're running into problems because the big, bad government (long bogeyman of the right wing) is applying pressure for them to tow the line, but Disney - worth just under a couple hundred billion - is saying "we don't effing think so." Philosophically, it's an interesting battle.

 

[TheBigA]

Meanwhile the president claims he will file a lawsuit against ABC for their coverage of the reflecting pool story:

President Donald Trump 'Preparing Lawsuits' Against ABC News Over Reflecting Pool Coverage

"I like their money, which will be given to the U.S. Treasury!”

barrettmedia.com

Trump claims he’ll sue ABC over Reflecting Pool coverage: ‘I like their money’

The president has also accused vandals of destroying parts of the pool

www.independent.co.uk

Keep in mind his previous lawsuit money was a donation to a presidential library, not to the US Treasury nor to him.

 

[ted chittenden]

Meanwhile the president claims he will file a lawsuit against ABC for their coverage of the reflecting pool story:

President Donald Trump 'Preparing Lawsuits' Against ABC News Over Reflecting Pool Coverage

"I like their money, which will be given to the U.S. Treasury!”

barrettmedia.com

Trump claims he’ll sue ABC over Reflecting Pool coverage: ‘I like their money’

The president has also accused vandals of destroying parts of the pool

www.independent.co.uk

Keep in mind his previous lawsuit money was a donation to a presidential library, not to the US Treasury nor to him.

Keep in mind also that no U.S. court has yet ruled on any claims in Donald Trump media lawsuits since he became U.S. president the first time. Why? Because media owners thus far have preferred to settle the claims (and donate to the president's library) than to fight the charges in court.

 

[TheBigA]

Brent Bozell's Media Research Council has submitted it's opinion on The View. As one would expect, it supports the FCC:

Conservative watchdog tells FCC that 'The View' is a Democratic Party operation, not a news program

"The View"'s FCC battle intensifies as a conservative watchdog argues ABC's daytime show operates for political purposes and should not be exempt from equal time rules.

www.foxnews.com

Bozell was the one originally chosen to run the VOA. He dropped out when he realized he would be in charge of nothing,

Meanwhile nobody seems to find any problems with talk radio basically broadcasting RNC talking points 24/7.

Talk radio has a direct pipeline into the white house, and gets all the government interviews they want.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

‘The View’ Rips MAGA Star for ‘Leaving’ GOP: ‘He’ll Be Back’

The hosts were not impressed with Tucker Carlson’s big reveal.

www.thedailybeast.com

Tucker Carlson Hammered by ‘View’ Hosts Over Trump Regrets

“You have to cut him some slack. He has what they call ‘liar’s remorse,’” Joy Behar joked.

www.thedailybeast.com

Now the View responds to Tucker Carlson on today’s episode . Yes as always we have to wait for Chairman Carrs response to every talk show or news segments that says stuff the White House does not want to hear. It’s rife with first amendment issues and it won’t be shocking when Jimmy Kimmel and The View have to deal with the FCC because of Disney owned stations like KABC-TV and WABC-TV has their license questioned over multiple talk show segments.

Whoopi Goldberg opened the “Hot Topics” segment with Carlson’s Thursday comments on the Can’t Be Censored podcast, as she told viewers that Trump’s second term is “not going over well with a lot of big-name conservatives.”

Carlson said on the Canadian podcast, “There’s no chance I would support the Republican Party—not going to support the Democratic Party. I don’t know what I’m going to do,” following Trump’s Iran war.

 

[Will_H_69_9]

i wonder if this drama will lead to Disney/ABC to be the first broadcast TV Network to ditch the free over the air model in favor of a paywall streaming/cable TV broadcasting model just so they don't have to worry about the FCC anymore and put everything behind a paywall and shut their O&O down and force their non-O&O to be force to choose NBC, CBS, Fox, CW, Ion, a random Diginet, go full independent or shutdown.

i know this will be a financial burden but if it's a choice between being free and not bending the knee and airing on a platform that can't have a FCC being run by a fascist dictator go after them or bend the knee and become another propaganda outlet for the dictator's regime, I'm sure Disney will be picking the freedom of streaming option and make money off of standing up against the dictator when the nation is still not quite fully completed the transition from free democracy to autocratic dictatorship with no freedoms.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

FCC Media Bureau dismisses challenge to news distortion policy

June 23, 2026 - The original petition said the FCC should not penalize licensed broadcasters under news distortion policies for otherwise engaging in constitutionally-protected speech.

thedesk.net

FCC Rejects Push to Eliminate Longstanding News Distortion Policy for Broadcasters | Cord Cutters News

The Federal Communications Commission has dismissed efforts by a coalition of former agency leaders and journalism advocates to scrap its decades-old rules prohibiting deliberate news distortion in over-the-air broadcasts. In a filing submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...

cordcuttersnews.com

Heres more this is the very thing thats affecting Disney in relation to stuff happening on their talk shows.

The Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau has dismissed a petition that sought to eliminate the agency’s long-standing news distortion policy, ruling that the filing was procedurally defective and not authorized under the commission’s rules.

In a decision released this week, Acting Media Bureau Chief Alex Sanjenis rejected a Petition for Special Relief submitted by a group of former FCC officials, media advocates and attorneys, including TechF reedom President Berin Szóka, attorney Andrew Jay Schwartzman and former FCC commissioner nominee Gigi Sohn.

The petition argued that the FCC should not investigate or penalize broadcasters for allegedly distorting, slanting or staging news coverage unless the conduct independently violated the commission’s rules governing broadcast hoaxes.


Supporters of the petition contended that the news distortion policy has become a tool that can be used to chill press freedom and discourage critical journalism.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

i wonder if this drama will lead to Disney/ABC to be the first broadcast TV Network to ditch the free over the air model in favor of a paywall streaming/cable TV broadcasting model just so they don't have to worry about the FCC anymore and put everything behind a paywall and shut their O&O down and force their non-O&O to be force to choose NBC, CBS, Fox, CW, Ion, a random Diginet, go full independent or shutdown.

No. There’s still money to be made in the business. It’s in decline, not in dispute. But there is still cash to be had.

Right now, they can try the “push back” path and try to fight every step of the way. If there is a valid election in 2028, this regime may be gone. Don’t throw in the towel until it becomes clear there is no viable other option.

i know this will be a financial burden but if it's a choice between being free and not bending the knee and airing on a platform that can't have a FCC being run by a fascist dictator go after them or bend the knee and become another propaganda outlet for the dictator's regime, I'm sure Disney will be picking the freedom of streaming option and make money off of standing up against the dictator when the nation is still not quite fully completed the transition from free democracy to autocratic dictatorship with no freedoms.

Right now, we’re also assuming the current regime would not pursue companies on other grounds regardless of whether there is a statutory right to do so. The administration has made it abundantly clear that they don’t care what the law says they have the right or obligation to do, or not do.

 

[vchimpanzee]

For decades Disney was the ultimate "family friendly" source of content and vacation entertainment for the kiddos.

Now, "The Wonderful World of Disney" airs movies that get a TV-14 rating.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

FCC flooded with 38,000 public comments after ABC public outreach campaign

June 24, 2026 - Most of the comments are critical of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and President Donald Trump's prolonged efforts to censor the network for programming viewed as politically unfavorable to them.

thedesk.net

Here is more fallout on the battle between the FCC and Disney this time with the FCC getting a barrage of Public comment filings.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has experienced a barrage of public comment filings since the Walt Disney Company’s ABC broadcast network and eight local television stations began soliciting viewer support this week, according to a search of documents by The Desk.

The public outreach campaign started this week when ABC began informing viewers of its daytime talk show “The View” that the FCC was attempting to use its enforcement abilities to determine who can appear on the program. The warning is rooted in numerous letters sent by the FCC’s Media Bureau inquiring about the network’s decision to air an interview with Texas Representative James Talarico, who is running for a U.S. Senate seat, without disclosing it in the public inspection file of its licensed TV station in Houston.

In April, the Media Bureau said numerous ABC affiliates throughout Texas updated their public inspection files to note Talarico’s appearance as part of their requirements under the FCC’s “equal time” rules, which requires broadcasters to set aside equitable time for political candidates when an opponent appears on TV. One month later, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez — the only empaneled Democrat — said the controversy was of the FCC’s own doing, because the Media Bureau notified local ABC affiliates about the matter and promised them amnesty for late disclosures.

 

[Don CT]

Now, "The Wonderful World of Disney" airs movies that get a TV-14 rating.

Oh the horror!

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://www.hrdive.com/news/fcc-chairman-says-there-is-common-ground-on-ending-illegal-discrimination-dei/823646/

Here we go with Chairman Carrs Response. Yes DEI gets played as a smoke screen for all the things we said here.

 

[TheBigA]

• “When it comes to ending unlawful discrimination, I believe there is much more common ground here than the public discourse might sometimes suggest,” Carr said.

Just to clarify, DEI is neither discriminatory nor illegal. An executive action is not a law.

Carr is trying to make it illegal by saying it is. The company policies have not been challenged in court.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Here is a clip of Disney doing a call to action and petitioning the FCC to keep KABC-TV Los Angeles on the air. Yes KABC-TV license is being targeted given that the main offices of Disney is in the area.