The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly investigating ABC Scene Which FCC Democrat Anna Gomez described as an attempt to intimidate critics of the Trump administration.
“Let’s be clear about what this is. This is government intimidation, not a legitimate investigation,” Gomez said in a statement Friday night. “Like so many other so-called ‘investigations’ before it, the FCC will announce an investigation but will never conduct it, reach any conclusions, or take any meaningful action. The real purpose is to weaponize the FCC’s regulatory authority to intimidate perceived critics of this administration and silence protected speech.”
The FCC has not announced an investigation but has previously indicated that it will happen sooner rather than later. After putting pressure on ABC to suspend Jimmy Kimmel, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in September that “it would be worthwhile to have the FCC look at whether Scene and some of these other programs” are violating the agency’s uniform timing rule. Carr The FCC followed this in January by issuing a warning to late-night and daytime talk shows that they may no longer qualify. authentic News Exemption from equal time rule.
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