Disney petitions FCC to classify The View as bona fide news program for equal-time exemption
Disney and ABC, via their Houston station KTRK-TV, submitted a petition to the FCC in early May requesting that The View be classified as a "bona fide news interview program" to gain exemption from equal-time rules requiring balanced airtime for political candidates. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the opening of a public comment period on the petition Friday/Saturday. The petition stems from years of tension between President Trump and the show's hosts.
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Coverage now splits between Breitbart's partisan case law focus, the Post's straightforward exemption framing, The Hill's legal threshold angle, and Daily Wire's credibility attack on the show itself—shifting from legal mechanics to character dismissal.
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“Disney asks FCC to classify 'The View' as exempt from equal time rule” · The Hill
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