FCC Chair Mocks ABC's 'The View' Exemption Bid After Hostin Urges Democrats to Flip 100-Seat Senate
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 10
FCC Chair Mocks ABC's 'The View' Exemption Bid After Hostin Urges Democrats to Flip 100-Seat Senate
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 10
Summary
Brendan Carr on Wednesday ridiculed ABC’s request to treat “The View” as a bona fide news program after co-host Sunny Hostin said Democrats must “flip the Senate” and replace embattled Maine candidate Graham Platner.
ABC’s filing, made public Tuesday, argues the FCC already settled the issue in 2002 and that renewed scrutiny of the Disney-owned daytime show would let the government intrude on editorial judgment.
The exemption matters because equal-opportunity rules are designed to stop broadcasters from unfairly favoring candidates; the FCC’s Media Bureau disclosed in May that ABC and Houston station KTRK-TV had petitioned for that protection.
Hostin also said Platner should step down and have no role in choosing a successor, while other co-hosts said Democrats botched a race long seen as central to unseating Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine.
The clash sharpens a broader fight over whether opinion-heavy TV programs can claim the same regulatory treatment as traditional news interview shows such as “Meet the Press.”