"In its recent filing to the FCC, ABC claimed that the agency is threatening free speech with its ongoing investigation into whether The View violated the "equal time" rule, which requires radio and TV broadcasters to provide competing political candidates with equal access and time. Ahead of this year's midterm elections, The View ran segments featuring James Talarico and Jasmine Crockett - two Texas Democratic candidates running for Senate seats - and the FCC seems to be taking issue with the fact that the show did not invite any Republican politicians to speak on camera."
"ABC's filing notes that The View was given an exemption from the equal time rule "more than twenty years ago" because it is a "bona fide news interview program." The company also insisted that, by attacking The View, the FCC is taking action that will "chill core First Amendment-protected speech for years and potentially decades to come.""
""The danger is that the government will simply decide which perspectives to regulate and which to leave undisturbed," ABC said. "In fact, while the Commission now questions The View 's decades-long exemption, it has not expressed any inclination to apply a similar interpretation of the equal opportunities rule t"
ABC filed with the FCC claiming the investigation into The View threatens First Amendment protections. The FCC is examining whether the program violated the equal time rule that requires broadcasters to provide competing political candidates equal access and time. The View aired segments featuring two Texas Democratic Senate candidates, James Talarico and Jasmine Crockett, without inviting Republican candidates. ABC argues The View received a long-standing exemption from the equal time rule because it qualifies as a bona fide news interview program. ABC warns that challenging the exemption could chill political speech for years and allow government regulators to decide which perspectives are permitted.
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