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Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is pushing back against Disney-owned ABC\u2019s claims that his agency is engaged in \u201cattempted censorship,\u201d insisting the review of the network\u2019s broadcast licenses stems from evidence of discriminatory hiring practices, not politics.<\/p>\n

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ABC leveled the censorship accusation in a 119-page regulatory filing posted Thursday, arguing the FCC\u2019s scrutiny of its eight television licenses sends a chilling message to media companies nationwide. \u201cThe retaliation against ABC is a signal to every media company in the country: accommodate the Administration\u2019s view of what news coverage should look like or pay the price,\u201d the network\u2019s lawyers wrote.<\/p>\n

Carr has flatly denied that characterization. \u201cI don\u2019t view the FCC as the speech police,\u201d he told Politico this week for an episode of the podcast \u201cThe Conversation.\u201d The chairman has said the license review grew out of an ongoing investigation into ABC\u2019s diversity, equity and inclusion policies, not a reaction to the network\u2019s news coverage.<\/p>\n

In the interview, Carr detailed the substance of that concern. \u201cThe Disney case is about evidence coming to light, we haven\u2019t made a final decision yet, that they had been discriminating inside the company based on race and gender, in terms of hiring, promoting, compensation, workplace opportunities,\u201d he said. \u201cIf that all ends up being true, based on all the evidence that Disney gets to put in, that\u2019s a very concerning development, and it does raise fundamental questions about fitness to have a license.\u201d<\/p>\n

An FCC spokesperson echoed that stance, saying broadcasters must serve the public interest rather than \u201cthe narrow or partisan interests of a political party\u201d and are barred from discriminatory practices, hoaxes and news distortion. \u201cThe FCC is going to hold broadcasters accountable to the full extent of the law, regardless of any disinformation campaign that some of them may choose to run,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

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ABC\u2019s filing leaned heavily on outside voices, citing more than 153,000 public comments and warnings from figures including Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, about regulatory overreach. Some conservatives and free-market advocates have separately raised concerns about handing an appointed federal agency sweeping authority over news content, regardless of which party controls the White House.<\/p>\n

Not all conservatives are sympathetic to ABC\u2019s position. The Center for American Rights, which petitioned the FCC to deny the licenses, called Thursday for the case to proceed to an administrative hearing. \u201cDisney\u2019s lawyers can wish upon a star, but they cannot make this record disappear,\u201d said Daniel Suhr, the group\u2019s president.<\/p>\n

The dispute traces back to April, when Carr called up all eight Disney-owned stations for an early license review, and intensified this month after President Donald Trump publicly urged the FCC to strip both ABC and NBC of their licenses over their handling of a presidential address. ABC has hired prominent litigators, including former Solicitor General Paul Clement, to fight the review.<\/p>\n

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