Trump’s FCC pressure on “The View” could backfire

Leaning on liberal media sets a precedent conservative media can’t abide

Published

July 10, 2026 6:30AM (EDT)

The View’s Season 28 co-hosts Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Whoopi Goldberg. (L-R) (Illustration by Salon / ABC / JEFF LIPSKY)

In President Donald Trump’s second term, his long-simmering war on liberal media has boiled over, with the president’s Federal Communications Commission even threatening broadcast licenses over perceived bias against Republicans. Although this campaign against programs like “The View” and “The Late Show” might prove a salve for conservatives’ feelings of aggrievement, it’s built on legally shaky ground, and could come to haunt the vast array of conservative broadcasts across the country.