FCC chairman defends actions against ABC, says broadcasters must operate ‘in the public interest’
Summary
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr defended the agency’s recent review of ABC’s broadcast licenses, saying broadcasters must serve the public interest in exchange for using public airwaves. ABC argues the FCC is targeting it unfairly because of political disagreements and claims this is an attack on free speech.Key Facts
- FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says broadcasters get valuable airwaves free but must operate in the public interest.
- Carr hopes more broadcasters will meet their public interest obligations to maintain trusted news media.
- ABC is fighting an early FCC review of eight local broadcast licenses before they expire.
- ABC claims the FCC is singling them out due to political content disliked by President Donald Trump’s administration.
- The license review signals a warning that media companies must follow the administration’s news coverage views or face consequences, ABC says.
- The FCC also wants to apply equal-time rules to ABC’s show “The View,” which was exempted as news in 2002.
- President Trump has publicly criticized ABC and called for firing TV host Jimmy Kimmel.
- Carr mentioned ABC’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies during the license review discussion.
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