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ABC Complains of ‘Retaliation’ by Trump Administration

WASHINGTON, July 30 (REUTERS)—Walt 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 Trump administration agency’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.”

FCC Chair Brendan Carr, who did not immediately comment Thursday, ordered the reviews in April, even though the stations’ license renewals were not scheduled to be considered until starting in October........

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