All posts tagged "Federal Communications Commission"

The Trump administration was facing an army of furious fans and advocates of "The View" after ABC called on people to fight back against the agency's probe.

More than 77,000 comments were filed with the FCC by defenders of the long-running daytime talk show, which reportedly prompted the show to make booking changes this week.

Fans and advocacy groups made it clear ahead of the July 6 deadline that they were rallying in support of the ABC show. Viewers voiced concern that the show's producers, hosts, and journalists — not the FCC — should decide who appears on air. This came after the FCC revealed in February that it had opened an investigation into the widely watched daytime program....

Inside sources revealed to Semafor that “The View,” the top-rated daytime talk show on television, succumbed to pressure from the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and “changed [its] programing,” the outlet reported Sunday night.

Back in February, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced that his agency was investigating the program for potential violations of a 1934 rule that mandates certain media stations provide equal time to political candidates. As noted by Semafor, “since then, the ABC talk show hasn’t featured a single political candidate running in a competitive midterm race.”

“The inquiry itself has been enough to force the network to hedge which guests appear on the show, a notable departure from The View’s previous booking decisions,” Semafor’s report reads....

Trump's main media enforcer made a stunning admission while reflecting on his legacy in a recent interview.

“I’m sure The New York Times has already written my obituary," FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in an interview with The Financial Times. "There's not a lot that I can do to improve upon it or make it worse at this point in time."

Carr's glum outlook on his legacy comes as he's going after Trump's TV foes since he was appointed as FCC chair in early 2025. He has threatened ABC over Jimmy Kimmel jokes and pressured CBS not to air an interview with a Democrat on "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert. He's even gone after programs like "The View" and flagged transgender content in children's programming. ...