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Trump's FCC attack dog threatens another big-name ABC show

FCC chairman Brendan Carr threatened another prominent ABC show on Thursday during an interview on a Republican strategist's radio show. Carr joined Scott Jennings on "The Scott Jennings Radio Show" to discuss the aftermath of ABC's decision to suspend indefinitely "Jimmy Kimmel Live" after the show's host commented on the alleged shooter who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week. Carr said during the interview that shows like "The View" and others are not meeting the FCC's "equal opportunity" standards. "When you look at these other TV shows, what's interesting is that the FCC does have a rule called the equal opportunity rule," Carr said. "That means that in the run-up to an election, you have one elected official candidate on, then you have to give equal time, equal opportunity, to the opposing.""There's an exception to that rule called the bona fide news exception," he continued. "If you are a bona fide news program, then you don't have to abide by the equal opportunity rule. Over the years, the FCC has developed case law that suggests that most of these late-night shows, other than SNL, are bona fide news programs.""You could make the argument that 'The View' is a bona fide news program, but I'm not so sure about that," Carr added. "And I think it's worthwhile to have the FCC look into whether 'The View' and some of these other programs still qualify as bona fide news programs." The Scott Jennings Radio Show | September 18th, 2025 https://t.co/q7jo3UCYlp— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) September 18, 2025