ACLU Requests ABC Station Probe Documents From FCC

ACLU Requests ABC Station Probe Documents from FCC

WASHINGTON—The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has submitted a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request with the Federal Communications Commission for records pertaining to the decision by the regulator to require select ABC-owned stations to renew their broadcast licenses early.In the filing, the ACLU questioned the regulator’s motives for requiring the early renewal and argued that it was part of a larger effort by the Trump administr…

ACLU Demands FCC Release Records Pertaining to ABC Early License Renewal, Alleging Agency’s Stated Rationale for Review ‘Does Not Seem Credible’

The American Civil Liberties Union submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the FCC for records pertaining to the agency’s decision to require Disney’s eight owned-and-operated ABC stations to renew their broadcast licenses early. “[T]his Request concerns whether the government is using its authority to illegally retaliate against broadcasters for saying something the […]

Why ABC says the FCC is attempting censorship

President Trump has called ABC "the worst" and "the most biased network." Now the FCC is threatening to cancel the broadcast licenses of eight ABC TV stations. ABC says that's "retaliation."