The ABC will tell the government to get out of their media

ABC is returning to the Federal Communications Commission after opening an investigation Views‘s airtime of political candidates. In letter to the FCC On Tuesday, ABC said the agency’s actions would jeopardize its independence by targeting programs “that appear to have no relationship with the current administration.” as he said before and Manga.

In February, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr it has been confirmed that they are reviewing Views‘s classified as a “bona fide” program after discussions with Rep. James Talarico (D-TX), who is running for a seat in the Senate. ViewsThe ‘s group does not delete the rule of “equal time,” which requires radio advertisers to give candidates in the same office equal air time on the network.

“The First Amendment does not allow the government to sit in the editor’s chair,” ABC wrote in response to the February investigation. “Yet this is the position that the Commission now wants to take – to select broadcast programs that are eligible for official coverage, and, for those that need it, to force them to give up their airtime to non-selected guests.”

The FCC initially confirmed this Views and a popular program in 2002. ABC denies this Views it hasn’t changed since then, the “political climate around it” has changed. “The Commission has trained its attention on television around the clock,” reports ABC. The past The End Show and Stephen Colbert he says CBS cut him off from the broadcast interview with Rep. Talarico in February due to concerns about the FCC’s policy changes. Meanwhile, Street lights he says Views has avoided hosting political candidates since the FCC asked.

“An amnesty that protects independence unless the speaker’s politics please those in power protects nothing; the lobby that offers one program today will reject it tomorrow, when the gavel changes hands – as it will,” ABC says.

In April, Mr The FCC ordered ABC stations of Disney to issue a license renewal in April as part of an investigation into the company’s diversity, equity, and integration, raising concerns about the agency’s interference in what is broadcast by broadcasters.