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FCC commissioner Brendan Carr attacks ABC's The View

tvMay 13, 2026101,805

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr criticized ABC's The View, saying "When you look at the lineup of guests that have typically been on The View, I think it's an uphill climb for Disney to make the case that they're just a straight news program," in an interview with Maria Bartiromo. Carr argued The View's format and guest lineup mean it should not claim straight-news protections and urged regulatory scrutiny of ABC and Disney's broadcast status. ABC and Disney pushed back, defending The View as a long-running daytime talk show and accusing Carr of politicizing FCC oversight. The clash matters because if regulators start redefining which programs qualify as news, broadcasters could face new limits, licensing questions, and legal challenges over opinion-driven content.

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

"Carr's latest campaign to menace hosts of The View & destroy the independence of broadcast media may make him a household name. Because this time ABC & Disney are fighting back, exposing his blatant misconduct as he schemes to censor outlets for refusing to toe the MAGA line." — @lizdye.bsky.social

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Vickie Carey 🦋 💙🖤❤️‍🩹🟦33

I guess #WeThePeople canceling our Disney+ subscriptions had a long lasting impact. Good!

theiconoclast26

Fundamental western values that MAGA declares are unpatriotic, treasonous and partisan: empathy fairness equality free speech cooperation knowledge education separation of church and state rule of law personal autonomy respect

Washu 🏳️‍🌈⚽️🏴‍☠️☯️17

If they'd stood up and and said "f^ck off" from the start, they might not have to fight twice as hard now

Bev14

Good for ABC. About time someone started pushing back.

P Collirigger11

I wonder what percentage of Americans actually understand the legal framework that is at play here. No doubt it falls into the familiar 1/3-1/3-1/3 matrix. 1/3 are against Carr politically, 1/3 are in favor of Carr politically, and 1/3 actually understand that he's violating the Constitution.

Christian "Birdy"10

R = Racist E =Evil P = Pedophiles U = Ugly B = Bastards L = Liars I = Idiots C = Cheaters A = Assholes N = Nazis

Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋8

What a SCHMUCK! Brendan Carr is The Devil ( & a fascist) F-uck C-rooked C-arr “He’s the tip of the spear in the regime’s assault on freedom of speech” 1- open.substack.com/pub/stopthep... 2- open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

nomeka.bsky.social8

bsky.app/profile/miag... fcc; fck chairman Carr

Rex A. Paar5

To steal from the inglorious Lieutenant Aldo Raine, you don’t have to be Stonewall Jackson to know not to start a fight with Mickey Mouse.

EveningStarNM5

Corporate media does things that look good for the People only when it wants to protect its profit margin, but it will sell out the People for profit, too. End corporate personhood. Overturn Citizens United.

Dr. Liz: Life in the Aftertimes4

Brendan Carr is a criminal. 18 U.S.C. § 242 (Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law): This statute makes it a felony for a person acting under color of law to willfully deprive someone of their constitutional or legal rights.

Bill DelGrosso4

Btw Mickey has better lawyers

Sergeant Swamp💙4

Looks like a Nazi Acts like a Nazi

David Seibert4

Carr is trying to implement policy that the Founding Fathers fought to free us from.

antiproduct607.bsky.social4

Look at that dudes stupid face.

rekati.bsky.social4

1. The mouse is figuring out that the people can and will crush you just as flat as the government. 2. The stuff Carr controls isn't where the damn money is.

Rob Ellis4

I’m no attorney but he appears to be a walking, talking, ongoing 1st Amendment violation.

Deano4

Does FOXNews and the like understand this makes them fair game, too?

kittlin24.bsky.social4

Can't stand this man. The View battle is Lib vs non Lib guests but the real question is: How many Republicans have been invited to be guests on the show and they've turned it down because they don't have the balls to sit there and answer questions?

Joy3

Since the FCC is on their shit again... here's a joke for ya in honor of George Carlin. "The RFKjr cure for Covid and bone spurs." (Real, unaltered picture btw)

Tali3

This guy can eat dirt.

Ringo Burns3

Why do these guys have so much hate in them? Seriously, I cannot understand how a human could have so much hate. It should be a psych disorder

Max the Silent3

Another soon to be patsy for Trump..

rlnees.bsky.social3

This is a nothing man. A piece of fascist shit that is hiding from the trumpstein list.

ramark.bsky.social3

Expose him. Hold him accountable!

Get up, stand up2

I have been using the word Fascism a lot lately.

Tracy L Cooper 📎2

The View has been under ABC News since 2014, he can f*ck all the way off!

Mark2

These Dominionists, like Brendan Carr and Russ Vought, are just so fucking awful. They really believe they are divinely ordained to wipe out the evils of secularism within American culture.

🔯🏳️‍🌈Stay Woke - Tikkun Olam2

The segregationist Republican Confederate regime hates our Constitution. They believe our rights are designed to cater to their regressive, bigoted beliefs. And their Confederate Supreme Court Justices agree with this BS.

Jon Rademacher2

You can see it in the smugness on his face. He no longer finds it necessary to even hide his bias and corruption behind his thin veil of pseudo-diplomacy. That's the stage we are at.

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