The Federal Communications Commission is investigating ABC’s “The View” over possible violations of the requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates when they appear on-air, according to the head of the agency that oversees U.S. broadcast airwaves. FCC chairman says the agency is investigating ABC’s ‘The View’ over equal time rule “The … Read more
Generally speaking, arcane and mostly unenforced FCC rules are not the province of late night talk shows. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr seems intent on changing that, though; not long after causing a ruckus that briefly took Jimmy Kimmel off the air, his vague threats appear to have been enough to convince CBS to tell Stephen … Read more
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl 60 halftime performance has been mired in controversy amid the backlash from the MAGA camp. So much so, that a group of GOP lawmakers has called for a probe into it, alleging it was “illegal” and “vulgar.” Amid that, a claim went viral that the Puerto Rican singer was fined $10 … Read more
One year and nearly 2,000 pages of documents later, a group suing to uncover what the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was doing at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says the agency has withheld relevant documents “in bad faith” and is asking a court to allow discovery and depositions to draw out the information. “Thus … Read more