Disney filed a petition asking the FCC to declare The View a bona fide news program exempt from equal opportunities requirements. The move would allow the show to feature one candidate for office while denying equal airtime to others.
The FCC seeks public comment on the request. Case law bars qualification if decisions rest on partisan aims to advance or harm a candidacy. The underlying statute was meant to stop media gatekeepers from controlling election results and to expand voter information instead.
Disney filed a petition asking the FCC to declare The View a bona fide news program exempt from equal opportunities requirements. The move would allow the show to feature one candidate for office while denying equal airtime to others.
The FCC seeks public comment on the request. Case law bars qualification if decisions rest on partisan aims to advance or harm a candidacy. The underlying statute was meant to stop media gatekeepers from controlling election results and to expand voter information instead.
SOURCE: https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/2057852532769050812
The FCC seeks public comment on the request.
Where do we go to share our opinion because of course, we must.
"Comments can be submitted through the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System. The deadline to submit comments is June 22. "
Thanks so much.