Latest about First Amendment
FCC Sets Deadlines for Comments in ABC License Renewals
The regulator is requiring eight ABC-owned stations to go through an early license renewal process, something no network O&O has ever been ordered to do
FCC Reminds Broadcasters of Their Public Interest Obligations
Public notice says the government could get ‘billions’ by auctioning broadcast spectrum and asserted its the power to yank licenses for ‘engaging in news distortion’
Senate Dems Blast FCC’s Disney Probe as ‘Egregious Abuse of Power’
Sens. Markey, Schumer, Cantwell and Luján are demanding that FCC stop First Amendment attacks on Disney, ABC
Critics Sue to Force an FCC Ruling on ‘News Distortion’ Policy
Ex-FCC officials, RTDNA ask court to compel the agency to respond to an earlier petition asking to repeal policies that ‘chill free speech’
Why Broadcast Is Well-Positioned to Safeguard Freedom of Speech
Local stations remain a critical buffer against shifting regulatory norms, panelists say
Gomez to Broadcasters: `Stop Falling For FCC’s Intimidation Tactics’
Threats to remove broadcast licences over critical news coverage are “grounded in neither reality nor law and would not survive judicial review” the Commissioner said.
Blumenthal Seeks FCC Records on ‘Weaponization’ of Equal Time Rule
FCC Democratic senator says the agency’s new guidance for talk and late-night TV is a ‘partisan censorship scheme’
Stephen Colbert, FCC Commissioner Gomez Blast FCC `Censorship’
In a `What the FCC?!’ segment, the late night host reported that FCC’s interpretation of equal-time rules prompted CBS to refuse to air an interview
