broadcast

2 briefs

power 2026-05-09

The FCC vs. The View, and the Broadcast License as a Weapon

The Trump FCC is using a 1934 equal-time rule to investigate a talk show, threatening licenses and rewriting 20-year-old precedents. ABC is fighting back. The stakes are whether the government can police broadcast content through regulatory intimidation.

power 2026-04-29

The FCC Opens a License Review Over a Late-Night Joke

The White House wants Jimmy Kimmel fired. The FCC is helping. Neither will succeed, and that may be the point.