{"id":2634079,"date":"2026-07-23T11:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carr-says-abc-decision-to-not-broadcast-trump-speech-will-factor-in-review\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:34:30","slug":"carr-says-abc-decision-to-not-broadcast-trump-speech-will-factor-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carr-says-abc-decision-to-not-broadcast-trump-speech-will-factor-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Carr says ABC decision to not broadcast Trump speech will factor in review"},"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\">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%2Fcarr-says-abc-decision-to-not-broadcast-trump-speech-will-factor-in-review%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=2634079&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>Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr indicated that ABC\u2019s decision not to broadcast President Donald Trump\u2019s recent speech live would influence the FCC\u2019s review of the network\u2019s broadcast license. During the speech, Trump claimed that China illegally accessed U.S. voter data to influence elections. Major networks like CNN, ABC, and NBC declined live coverage, tho ABC streamed the speech online. Carr emphasized that presidential speeches in the White House should be broadcast by broadcasters and criticized the licensing process, which ABC and Disney are complying with following an FCC directive linked to an investigation into Disney\u2019s policies. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez responded by stating the FCC lacks authority to penalize broadcasters for editorial choices, asserting such moves threaten free speech and are contrary to the law and Constitution. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-threatens-actblue-with-contempt-over-withheld-records\/\" title=\"House GOP threatens ActBlue with contempt over withheld records\">controversy occurs amid broader scrutiny<\/a> of ABC, including an FCC investigation into whether the network violated equal time rules due to a campaign supporting \u201cThe View,\u201d and ongoing debates over how broadcasters handle presidential addresses, especially when containing political messaging or contentious claims.  <\/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\/federal-communications-commission\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1637\">Federal Communications Commission <\/a>Chairman Brendan Carr said ABC\u2019s decision not to air President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump\u2019s <\/a>address live last week would factor into the agency\u2019s review of the network\u2019s broadcast license.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CNN, ABC, and NBC declined to carry the speech live. However, ABC did stream the address on its digital platforms. During the address, Trump alleged that China illegally accessed millions of U.S. voter files in an effort to influence the 2018 and 2020 elections.<\/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\/4660344\/brendan-carr-says-abc-decision-trump-speech-factor-fcc-review\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Brendan Carr says ABC\u2019s decision not to broadcast Trump speech will factor in FCC review<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4659316\/alyssa-farah-griffin-tucker-carlson-therapy-podcast-mothers-wives-work-life-balance\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Alyssa Farah Griffin rips Tucker Carlson: Men \u2018would rather rant on a podcast than go to therapy\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4658872\/odyssey-zendaya-ancient-iranian-earrings-criticism\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Zendaya under fire for wearing 3,000-year-old Iranian earrings<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you have the president of the United States standing inside the White House delivering an important speech, I think that\u2019s something broadcasters should be carrying. And so, obviously, this is an issue,\u201d Carr told reporters Wednesday. \u201cThere have been lots of concerns raised, including by members of Congress, about whether broadcasters and their decisions there comply with the public interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>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\">Carr\u2019s comments came as ABC and parent company Disney filed early license renewal applications Thursday for the network\u2019s eight owned-and-operated television stations, complying with an<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4586381\/abc-objects-unlawful-early-license-renewal-tv-stations\/\"> FCC directive issued in April<\/a>. The unusual order required the company to begin the renewal process ahead of schedule as the agency investigates Disney\u2019s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. ABC has criticized the FCC\u2019s order, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4586381\/abc-objects-unlawful-early-license-renewal-tv-stations\/\">calling<\/a> it \u201cunlawful, arbitrary, and unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, the agency\u2019s lone Democrat, criticized Carr\u2019s Wednesday remarks, arguing the FCC has no authority to penalize broadcasters for editorial decisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe FCC has no authority to punish broadcasters for exercising their First Amendment right to choose what is newsworthy,\u201d Gomez said. \u201cThey made these decisions under presidents of both parties without any complaints, and in this case, the remarks were freely available online to anyone who wanted to watch them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>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\">She added that the agency\u2019s \u201cvague public interest standard is being used just to punish speech this administration doesn\u2019t like, and to reward speech that it does like. That\u2019s inappropriate, and it is contrary to the law and the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4546420\/fcc-challenge-abc-license-jimmy-kimmel\/\">FCC CHALLENGES ABC LICENSING AFTER REFUSING TO FIRE JIMMY KIMMEL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The major broadcast networks have also declined to air certain speeches by former Presidents <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"471\">Joe Biden<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"360\">Barack Obama<\/a>, even after the White House requested airtime. News executives have historically weighed whether presidential remarks warrant uninterrupted coverage, particularly when they are expected to include political messaging or disputed claims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>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\">The dispute comes as ABC faces scrutiny from the FCC on multiple fronts. Earlier this week, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4618670\/abc-anti-fcc-ad-campaign-the-view-investigation\/\">network launched an advertising campaign<\/a> encouraging viewers of <em>The View<\/em> to voice their support for the program amid an FCC investigation into whether the talk show violated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-airs-anti-fcc-ad-campaign-on-the-view-as-agency-investigates-talk-show\/\" title=\"ABC ...s anti-FCC ad campaign on The View as agency investigates talk show\">federal equal time rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FCC chief: ABC\u2019s Trump speech decision impacts license review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2634080,"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\/04\/AP26079605936631.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7261,4188,4133,50916,3634],"class_list":["post-2634079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abc","tag-media","tag-news","tag-review-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26079605936631.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634079","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\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2634079"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2634083,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634079\/revisions\/2634083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2634080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2634079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2634079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2634079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}