Trump’s FCC targeted ABC. Viewers rushed to its defense | CNN Business

ABC and its parent company Disney say more than 150,000 public comments were submitted in an FCC proceeding involving eight ABC-owned station licenses, with many supporting the stations and citing free speech concerns. Disney urged the FCC to drop the proceeding, arguing that the agency is singling out ABC because of the administration’s objections to its programming. FCC chair Brendan Carr has said the agency is enforcing existing rules, while former FCC officials and Democratic commissioner Anna Gomez warned that the process could intimidate broadcasters.

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