Court Asked to Force FCC Action on News Distortion Policy

Court Asked to Force FCC Action on News Distortion Policy

Former FCC Chairs Want Court Intervention on News Distortion Petition

A bipartisan group of former FCC chairs, commissioners and staffers and the Radio Television Digital News Association have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to force the commission to rule on a petition challenging its news...

Ex-FCC Officials Push Court To Break Agency Silence On News Distortion Policy.

After months of silence from the FCC, a bipartisan group of former commissioners and the RTDNA is asking a federal appeals court to force the agency’s hand on scrapping its news distortion policy. They call it a “loaded gun” that…

RTDNA, Former Officials Sue to Force FCC Ruling on News Distortion

Critics of attempts by the Federal Communications Commission to threaten broadcasters by investigating them for violating news distortion policies have gone to court to force the regulator to take a formal stand on the issue and respond to a petition to repeal those policies. Tuesday, a group of former FCC chairs, commissioners and senior-level staff, joined by the Radio Television Digital News Association, filed a petition for a writ of mandamu…

Critics Go To Court To Force FCC Ruling On 'News Distortion' Policy

A federal court filing by ex-FCC officials and RTDNA wants the court to compel the FCC to respond to an earlier petition asking the agency to repeal policies that "chill free speech."

Former FCC Commissioners and staffers ask a federal appeals court to require the FCC to vote on a November 2025 petition to repeal the News Distortion Policy

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