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ABC is suing the FCC, calling its demand for early license reviews an “existential threat” rooted in First Amendment rights, as part of a broader battle against what they see as government censorship targeting their speech and journalism. The FCC’s move, tied to diversity practices and sparked by political tensions after Jimmy Kimmel’s joke, has ABC arguing that the administration is weaponizing broadcast licenses to silence dissent. They’re also fighting efforts to force The View into equal-time rules — a precedent-setting case that could reshape media freedom. With only one Democratic commissioner backing them, Anna Gomez, praising ABC and Disney for standing up to pressure, this legal fight may become a rallying cry for broadcasters facing similar threats from Washington.

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