ABC, The View and FCC
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ABC filed a petition with the FCC claiming that the agency's scrutiny of "The View" threatens to "chill critical protected speech."
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Should 'The View' be considered news? ABC and FCC go to battle over embattled show
Should ultra-progressive talk show "The View" be considered news? That peculiar question is at the heart of a roiling feud between the show's parent network and company (ABC and Disney respectively) and the Federal Communications Commission.
ABC is actually standing up to the FCC for once ... going after the government agency for targeting "The View." On Thursday, the network filed a petition against the FCC, claiming they are raising serious First Amendment issues with their probe of the daytime talk show.