ABC says FCC seeks to intimidate network over coverage
DIS•ABC says FCC's license threat is intimidation over broadcast content
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - Disney-owned ABC said on Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission's threat to revoke the network's broadcast licenses is part of an unprecedented campaign of intimidation over broadcast content the Trump administration dislikes.
ABC said that the FCC's nearly unprecedented decision to order an early license review of the eight Disney-owned ABC stations is a warning from the government to other media companies.
"The retaliation against ABC is a signal to every media company in the country: accommodate the Administration’s view of what news coverage should look like or pay the price," ABC said in a filing, adding that the agency's objective is "a media industry too fearful of official reprisal to report the news freely."
