ABC Alleges FCC’s Attempts to Curb Its Free Speech Were Designed to Evade Judicial Review

ABC accuses FCC of trying to 'inflict maximal coercive pressure' with probe against network – Democratic Accent

Disney and ABC accused the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday of using the license renewal process... The post ABC accuses FCC of trying to ‘inflict maximal coercive pressure’ with probe against network appeared first on Democratic Accent .

ABC accuses FCC of trying to 'inflict maximal coercive pressure' with probe against network

Disney and ABC accused the FCC of using early broadcast license renewal proceedings to avoid judicial review and inflict coercive pressure against the company.

ABC Argues FCC Had "Retaliatory Motive" In Ordering License Review

ABC’s legal team told a federal judge on Monday that because the FCC ordered that it submit its station licenses for early renewal rather than a host of less-drastic options, the agency only underscored “their retaliatory motive.” The network has asked a federal judge to halt the license review proceedings, arguing that it is a […]

ABC Says FCC Used License Renewals to Retaliate Against Disney, Evade Court Review

Disney and ABC accuse the FCC of using early broadcast license reviews to pressure the network, arguing that regulators bypassed less intrusive options.

ABC Alleges FCC’s Attempts to Curb Its Free Speech Were Designed to Evade Judicial Review

ABC, in a new filing in its First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC, claims that the agency’s early-license renewal demand for its local TV stations was done in such a way as to circumvent “judicial review.” On Aug. 18, ABC sued the FCC and chairman Brendan Carr, a Trump loyalist, alleging the commission was waging an “extraordinary assault” on its First Amendment rights through the implicit threat of revoking its broadcast licenses for eight o…