From Fox News: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching an investigation into ABC’s “The View” amid the agency’s crackdown on equal time for political candidates, Fox News Digital has learned.
Last month, the FCC announced it will require the broadcast networks to adhere to the “statutory equal opportunities requirement,” citing the Communications Act of 1934, “including their airing of late-night and daytime talk shows.”
A source at the FCC told Fox News Digital that Monday’s “View” appearance by Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico triggered the probe.
Talarico was among the first political candidates to appear on “The View” since the FCC announced its crackdown.
The FCC states that daytime and late-night talk shows are not exempt from the equal time requirement for political candidates. Disney did not file for an exemption for Talarico’s appearance on “The View,” implying they believe the show qualifies as bona fide news.
BREAKING: The FCC has launched an investigation into ABC’s “The View” following Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s appearance on the show.
The probe is part of the FCC’s crackdown on equal time for political candidates, according to Fox News.
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