{"id":2617308,"date":"2026-06-22T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-airs-anti-fcc-ad-campaign-on-the-view-as-agency-investigates-talk-show\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:00:14","slug":"abc-airs-anti-fcc-ad-campaign-on-the-view-as-agency-investigates-talk-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-airs-anti-fcc-ad-campaign-on-the-view-as-agency-investigates-talk-show\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC airs anti-FCC ad campaign on The View as agency investigates talk show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fabc-airs-anti-fcc-ad-campaign-on-the-view-as-agency-investigates-talk-show%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=2617308&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>ABC has launched a campaign encouraging its audience to support the network and &#8220;The View&#8221; amid ongoing scrutiny from the Federal Communications commission (FCC). The FCC, led by Chairman Brendan Carr, is investigating whether &#8220;the View&#8221; violated the federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-mehmet-oz-left-longtime-staffers-jobless-and-blindsided-after-senate-campaign-announcement\/\" title=\"...ort: Mehmet Oz Left Long... Staffers Jobless and \u2018Blindsided\u2019 After Senate ... Announcement\">equal time rule<\/a> by not providing equal airtime to opposing political candidates, specifically focusing on Texas Rep. James Talarico&#8217;s absence during a segment. Additionally, FCC has asked ABC to file an early license renewal for its stations amid an inquiry into Disney&#8217;s diversity and inclusion initiatives, which ABC claims threaten free speech. The network aired a 20-second ad alleging FCC overreach and urging viewers to visit the FCC&#8217;s website, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >public comment period ending<\/a> in July. The investigation may determine if &#8220;The View&#8221; qualifies as a news program exempt from the equal time rule, although late-night shows are not exempt if motivated by partisan purposes. The campaign and investigations follow recent political tensions, including pressure on comedian Jimmy Kimmel after a joke about Melania Trump. ABC\u2019s ad runs on Disney-owned stations nationwide,and the FCC has not publicly responded to ABC\u2019s campaign.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abc\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"622\">ABC<\/a> began an ad campaign on Monday asking <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/the-view\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"569\">The View<\/a><\/em>  audience to declare their support for the broadcast network and the daily talk show as they continue facing scrutiny from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-communications-commission\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1637\">Federal Communications Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency, led by Trump-appointed Chairman Brendan Carr, is investigating <em>The View<\/em> for possible violations of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4460516\/fcc-equal-time-rule-colbert-talarico-interview\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4460516\/fcc-equal-time-rule-colbert-talarico-interview\/\">federal equal time rule<\/a> by neglecting to offer equivalent airtime to opposing political candidates. The inquiry started when the talk show only hosted <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"253\">Texas<\/a> state Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-talarico\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17710\">James Talarico<\/a>, who is running for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a> against state Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ken-paxton\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4370\">Ken Paxton<\/a> in November. The talk show did not host Talarico\u2019s primary opponent at the time, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX).<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4616651\/washington-america-250-rodeo-national-mall\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Washington prepares for America 250 rodeo takeover on National Mall: \u2018Something DC has never done\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4617997\/mark-levin-trump-israel-stop-trashing-ally\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mark Levin blasts Trump administration over Israel: \u2018Stop trashing, smearing, bullying\u2019 ally<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4617974\/rosie-odonnell-guest-host-jimmy-kimmel\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rosie O\u2019Donnell to guest-host for Kimmel as \u2018special treat\u2019 for Trump<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, the FCC applied scrutiny to ABC by asking the network to file an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4586381\/abc-objects-unlawful-early-license-renewal-tv-stations\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4586381\/abc-objects-unlawful-early-license-renewal-tv-stations\/\">early renewal request<\/a> for its broadcast licenses for all of its television stations. The unprecedented review stems from the commission\u2019s investigation into <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/disney\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2953\">Disney\u2019s<\/a> allegedly unlawful <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3088\">diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a> initiatives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ABC argues that both federal efforts threaten <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/free-speech\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1547\">free speech<\/a>, and the Disney-owned company suggested as much in a 20-second television spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>The View<\/em> has welcomed your favorite guests and covered the issues you care about for nearly 30 years,\u201d the narrator says. \u201cNow, the FCC wants to control who is allowed to appear on the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of the spot, a QR code that directs viewers to the FCC\u2019s website is shown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FCC\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/mb-seeks-comment-petition-disneys-abc-regarding-view\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/mb-seeks-comment-petition-disneys-abc-regarding-view\">public comment period<\/a> on its investigation of <em>The View<\/em> ends July 6. 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No exemptions are given to late-night or daytime talk shows that the FCC claims are \u201cmotivated by partisan purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One late-night host, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"570\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>, has faced extraordinary pressure from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a> since he made a joke about first lady <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"696\">Melania Trump<\/a> being an \u201cexpectant widow\u201d before the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house-correspondents-association\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1617\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association<\/a> dinner shooting happened in late April. The FCC denied that its decision to require an early license review of ABC was linked to Kimmel\u2019s joke, even though the inquiry started shortly after President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his wife called on ABC and Disney to take the comedian off the air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4606241\/brendan-carr-attack-tv-stations-echoes-fcc-chairman-under-jfk\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4606241\/brendan-carr-attack-tv-stations-echoes-fcc-chairman-under-jfk\/\">HOW BRENDAN CARR\u2019S ATTACK ON TV STATIONS ECHOES FCC CHAIRMAN UNDER JFK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ABC\u2019s anti-FCC commercial is scheduled to run throughout the day on U.S. television stations owned and operated by Disney in cities including New York and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted the FCC for comment on ABC\u2019s ad campaign. Carr has not addressed the commercial on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC launches support ad amid FCC probe of The View<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2617309,"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\/2026\/06\/AP22006503863643_e35d9a.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[13386,16609,4188],"class_list":["post-2617308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-advertising","tag-fcc","tag-media"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP22006503863643_e35d9a.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617308","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\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2617308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2617312,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617308\/revisions\/2617312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2617309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2617308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2617308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2617308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}