View under FCC enforcement review
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After the FCC’s chairman, Brendan Carr, confirmed that the administration is pursuing enforcement actions against The View over its airing of an interview with political candidate James Talirico, the cohosts may have used their fashion choices to make a statement, even if they didn’t directly address the issue.
FCC chairman Brendan Carr is coming after The View for what he claims were violations of the “equal-time” rule regarding political candidates running for office. “If you are bona fide news, you don’t have to give candidates equal air time,
The FCC is investigating ABC's 'The View' for possible violations of the equal time rule after political candidates appeared on the show, raising concerns about compliance.
The Federal Communications Commission has launched an enforcement action against ABC’s “The View” for potentially violating federal broadcasting rules, the Daily News reported, after the talk show featured a Texas political candidate without offering equal airtime to his opponents.
Fox News Digital has learned that the FCC has launched a probe into ABC's "The View" as the agency cracks down on regulation requiring equal time for political candidates.
Until January, talk shows have qualified for the equal opportunities exemption as genuine news interviews, ever since the FCC Media Bureau granted an exemption to the interview portion of Jay Leno's "The Tonight Show" in 2006. Networks have relied on the ruling as a precedent for recent interviews with political candidates.
ABC's 'The View' is currently under investigation over an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico, after which it didn't meet FCC requirements that would've allowed his opponents equal time.