{"id":2393966,"date":"2025-01-22T18:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T23:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fcc-reinstates-complaints-against-abc-cbs-and-nbc-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T18:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T23:21:20","slug":"fcc-reinstates-complaints-against-abc-cbs-and-nbc-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fcc-reinstates-complaints-against-abc-cbs-and-nbc-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC reinstates complaints against ABC, CBS, and NBC &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffcc-reinstates-complaints-against-abc-cbs-and-nbc-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2393966&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the Federal Communications Commission \u2063(FCC) reinstating complaints \u2063against major\u2063 television networks ABC, \u2062CBS, and NBC.\u2064 This action indicates renewed\u200c scrutiny and potential regulatory measures\u2064 concerning these networks. The specifics of the complaints or the context surrounding them were not detailed\u2063 in the provided excerpt, but\u200b the move signals the FCC&#8217;s ongoing role in monitoring broadcast \u200dpractices and ensuring \u200bcompliance with relevant regulations. \u2064The article highlights the implications\u2064 of these complaints\u2062 for the networks involved and the broader television industry.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">FCC reinstates complaints against ABC, CBS, and NBC<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1944036\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Federal Communications Commission\">Federal Communications Commission<\/a> has reinstated complaints against three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-73976-ballots-released-by-maricopa-county-56-1-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 73,976 Ballots Released By Maricopa County \u2014 56.1% FOR DONALD TRUMP\">news outlets<\/a> after they were scrapped in the waning days of the Biden administration. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Brendan Carr, the new Republican head of the agency, has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">brought back<\/a> cases<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/complaint-involving-cbs-broadcasting-inc-licensee-wcbs-ny-ny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CBS\">CBS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/complaint-involving-wpvi-television-philadelphia-licensee-wpvi-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ABC\">ABC<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/complaint-involving-nbc-telemundo-license-llc-wnbc-new-york-ny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"NBC\">NBC<\/a> related to last fall&rsquo;s presidential election &mdash; though a complaint against Fox will be allowed to lapse. <\/p>\n<p>Previous FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, dismissed all four complaints last week, only to see most of them reinstated soon after she left. <\/p>\n<p>The CBS case relates to complaints that the network&rsquo;s <em>60 Minutes <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3193751\/cbs-fcc-complaint-edited-60-minutes-harris-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"edited an interview\">edited an interview<\/a> with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, with the Center for American Rights accusing CBS of &ldquo;significant and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-hit-with-fcc-complaint-over-edited-harris-interview-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"CBS hit with FCC complaint over edited Harris interview - Washington Examiner\">intentional news distortion&#038;rdquo<\/a>; designed to aid her campaign. <\/p>\n<p>The ABC complaint stems from the one debate Harris had with President Donald Trump, arguing that moderators favored the Democrat while choosing to aggressively fact-check Trump. <\/p>\n<p>The NBC case dates to an episode of <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> that aired the weekend before Election Day, during which Harris made an appearance but Trump was not given the opportunity. Carr complained at the time that NBC had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3214698\/snl-accused-violating-fcc-rule-inviting-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"broken\">broken<\/a> FCC rules.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The now-dormant Fox complaint was only tangentially related to the 2024 election, as the Media and Democracy Project argued that Fox News owners Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch lacked the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-scores-big-primary-victory-calls-opponent-a-man-of-great-character\/\" title=\"Kari Lake Scores Big Primary Victory, Calls Opponent &#039;A Man of Great Character&#039;\">character&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to hold a broadcast license for its Philadelphia affiliate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/fcc-chair-revives-complaints-abc-214811011.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according\">according<\/a> to <em>Deadline. <\/em>It will not be brought back. <\/p>\n<p>Carr has spoken out in favor of Trump since becoming a member of the FCC in 2017, saying earlier this week that the new president left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3296712\/dc-shocked-trump-federal-dei-order-brendan-carr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title='\"the swamp\" in \"shock\" '>&ldquo;the swamp&rdquo; in &ldquo;shock and awe&rdquo; <\/a>after Trump announced he was uprooting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1944036\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1944036\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FCC revives complaints against ABC, CBS, and NBC after Biden&#8217;s term<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2393967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FCC-complaints.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7261,7585,4836,16609,7471],"class_list":["post-2393966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abc","tag-cbs","tag-complaints","tag-fcc","tag-nbc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FCC-complaints.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393966"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393970,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393966\/revisions\/2393970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}