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During the June 22 episode ABC aired an ad during the program calling for viewers to file comments with the FCC defending the show. The ad encourages viewers to scan a QR code which directs them to the FCC site.

FCC Flooded with Nearly 28K Comments on `The View’

By George Winslow published

The ACLC joined thousands of other commentators opposing the investigation by calling the probe a violation of `the constitutional rights of all our nation’s broadcasters’

Regulatory & Legal
FCC meeting room lobby

Cato: Broadcasters’ Public Interest Obligations Are Outdated and Need to Be Revised

By Tom Butts published

FCC ‘The FCC does not need to micromanage spectrum, and it certainly does not need to use spectrum licenses as a lever for editorial control’

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Olivia Trusty

FCC Commissioner Trusty Explores `That Elusive Angel of the Public Interest’

By George Winslow published

Defining `public interest’ has been a particularly divisive issue at the FCC given its use by President Trump to threaten broadcast licenses

Regulatory & Legal
Trusty and FCC logo

FCC’s Olivia Trusty Affirms Its Power to Enforce Public-Interest Standards on Broadcasters

By George Winslow published

In ‘Free Speech America Gala’ speech, Republican argues agency’s role should be to ‘foster an environment that empowers broadcasters’ to ‘voluntarily’ comply

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