Incoming FCC Chair Brendan Carr issues veiled threat to ABC
In a four-page letter sent to ABC and the Walt Disney Company, Carr suggested the agency may revoke eight broadcast licenses over the network’s affiliation deals and perceived news bias.
ABC News is the news and information division of ABC, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company. ABC News operates the streaming television network ABC News Live and provides national bulletins to radio stations via the ABC Radio Network.
In a four-page letter sent to ABC and the Walt Disney Company, Carr suggested the agency may revoke eight broadcast licenses over the network’s affiliation deals and perceived news bias.
Disney’s news division will donate $15 million toward a future Trump library as part of the settlement in the defamation case.
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The head of the FCC says the agency will not act on a comment made by Trump to revoke ABC’s broadcast license over his performance at this week’s debate.
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The Walt Disney Company this week rejected an offer from DirecTV to restore ABC, ESPN and other channels through next Monday, the satellite TV company said.