FCC Slammed by Former Agency Officials Over Review of ABC’s Licenses: ‘An Assault on Free Speech Disguised as Regulatory Process’

Variety reports that the Federal Communications Commission is conducting an early and unusual review of spectrum licenses for eight ABC-owned television stations. Former heads of the FCC and other officials have filed a complaint Tuesday accusing Chairman Brendan Carr of attempting to censor Disney and ABC—characterizing the licensing review as an assault on free speech disguised as a regulatory process.

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