FCC's warnings on political interviews 'chill' First Amendment, ABC says

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The broadcast network's rebuke comes amid a broader fight with Chair Brendan Carr over the company’s TV station licenses.

Then-President Joe Biden appears on ABC's "The View" on Sept. 25, 2024. | AP

Disney’s ABC lambasted the Federal Communications Commission’s newfound efforts to regulate interviews on broadcast talk shows, warning that Chair Brendan Carr’s “unprecedented” actions threaten to “chill” the First Amendment and stifle coverage of political candidates.

The regulatory filing marked the latest stage in a confrontation between the broadcasting networks and Carr, who has used his tenure atop the nominally independent FCC to wage a series of fights against perceived foes of President Donald Trump.