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ABC’s Defenders Flounder in Rebuttals to FCC, Bite at Disney

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ABC’s Defenders Flounder in Rebuttals to FCC, Bite at Disney With the Federal Communications Commission just weeks away from possibly stripping The View of their status as a purported “ bona fide news program ,” and the fight over the license renewal of ABC-owned affiliates just heating up, the left was still trying to muster their defenses. However, the coalitions of liberal former FCC officials and far-left activist groups coming out of the woodwork on Disney and ABC’s behalf could not make any sound legal argument to counter the evidence provided by the Media Research Center, with some even taking nip at the companies in their support letter. As reported by Variety , a letter showing support was signed by a slew of leftist organizations and delivered to Disney CEO Josh D’Amero. The signatories included: the American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fall of Freedom, Issue One, LGBT Tech, National Coalition Against Censorship, PEN America, People for the American

First report: ACLU, National Coalition Against Censorship and 20 Other Groups Line Up to Support Disney in Tangle With FCC — variety.com, 13d