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ABC slams Brendan Carr in latest FCC filing
Source: msn/Axios
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ABC said Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr's assertion that its awareness campaign around the agency's probe of "The View" is misinformation and "understates the depth of the commenters' commitment to bedrock First Amendment principles."
Why it matters: The comments suggest Carr is committed to politics over the public's consensus on the issue.
"The public's robust response during the comment period represents laudable civic engagement of the kind the Commission should welcome given its statutory obligation to make decisions based on the public interest," the network's lawyers said in public comments filed to the FCC on Monday.
State of play: The filing, which is required by the FCC as part of its review process, challenges the agency's decision to reconsider whether daytime talk show "The View" qualifies for a key legal exemption that allows news programs to bypass legal requirements to give candidates equal air time.
Carr argues "The View" shouldn't be exempt from rules that require "bona fide news programs" to allot equal air time for political candidates. ABC has said the FCC's actions "threaten to upend decades of settled law and practice and chill critical protected speech, both with respect to The View and more broadly."
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/abc-slams-brendan-carr-in-latest-fcc-filing/ar-AA27pC2t