FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said it may be worthwhile to investigate whether ABC’s „The View“ violates broadcast rules following concerns about equal time requirements.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said Thursday he believes it would be „worthwhile“ to investigate whether ABC’s daytime talk show „The View“ is violating broadcast rules in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.
Carr argued on „The Scott Jennings Show“ that the left-leaning talk show could be violating the commission’s „equal time“ rule, which requires broadcasters to provide equal opportunity to all political candidates except for a „bona fide news show.“
„Potentially, I would assume you can make the argument that ‘The View ’is a bona fide news show, but I’m not so sure about that“, Carr said. „And I think it’s worthwhile to have the FCC look into whether ‘The View’ and some of these other programs that you have still qualify as bona fide news programs and therefore exempt from the equal opportunity regime that Congress has put in place.
