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The FCC has a list of who gets regulated and who doesn't

published · May 10, 4:09 PM · $0.00 total · published 49d ago
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The FCC is investigating whether The View qualifies as a 'bona fide news program' under equal-time rules — but Mark Levin and Glenn Beck run unopposed. ABC filed a legal challenge calling the probe 'unprecedented.' Mike's angle: the regime decides which speech gets regulated and which doesn't. That's not a rule. That's a weapon. Button: named hypocrisy, specific outlets left untouched.

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ABC is in federal court right now arguing that the FCC's equal-time investigation into The View is unconstitutional overreach. And they're not entirely wrong. The government deciding which political speech gets scrutinized and which doesn't is a real problem.

Here's the problem with ABC making that argument: they're fine with it when it runs the other direction. The same FCC action that's squeezing The View left Mark Levin and Glenn Beck completely untouched. ABC's own lawyers flagged this in their filing. They said the administration is choosing "which perspectives to regulate and which to leave undisturbed." Correct. Now ask yourself which party has been doing that for thirty years with broadcast licenses, FCC complaints, and advertiser pressure campaigns.

  • The View's 2002 exemption: Granted. Protected. Until a Democratic Senate candidate showed up and someone noticed.
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Also targeted, over political jokes. Late night apparently qualifies now.
  • Levin and Beck: Not touched. Not questioned. Untouched by the same rules being used to chill ABC's programming choices.

ABC hired Paul Clement, one of the best Supreme Court litigators alive, to fight this. Good. Fight it. But don't lecture anyone about government picking winners in media. That's been the operating system for a long time. The only thing that changed is who's running it.

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The FCC probe isn't about equal time. It's about whose speech gets the call. #media #firstamendment #politics #bigtech

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