ABC Fires Back at FCC For 'Chilling Effect' on Free Speech.

The article focuses on Walt Disney Co.'s ABC network challenging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its review of ABC’s daytime talk show *The View* and broader media content regulations. ABC argues that the FCC’s actions, led by Chairman Brendan Carr, exceed the agency’s authority and threaten free speech by attempting to regulate editorial discretion and impose equal-time rules on political talk shows. The FCC has recently intensified scrutiny of broadcasters perceived as biased against President Donald Trump, including threats to revoke licenses and reviews of Disney’s diversity practices. ABC’s filing represents a more assertive response to the FCC’s approach, with some support from the FCC’s sole Democratic Commissioner, Anna Gomez. [Extracted from the article]