ABC ARGUES THAT EARLY LICENSE REVIEW BY FCC IS ‘RETALIATION’ FOR NETWORK’S COVERAGE

In filing, network’s lawyers urged FCC to reject petitions to deny license renewals for eight ABC-owned local stations US politics live – latest updates ABC has pushed back aggressively against the Federal… “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,” lawyers representing the Disney-owned…

Media | The Guardian reports that in filing, network’s lawyers urged FCC to reject petitions to deny license renewals for eight ABC-owned local stations US politics live – latest updates ABC has pushed back aggressively against the Federal…

The report adds: “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,” lawyers representing the Disney-owned…

“The tools vary; the objective does not: a media industry too fearful of official reprisal to report the news freely.” Continue reading...

This report is covered across the current DAMMNEWS feeds. The most useful way to read a developing report is to separate the confirmed detail from early claims, then follow the next named source or decision.

This is a developing report. DAMMNEWS will surface related coverage as closely matched reporting enters the live cache.

DAMMNEWS RSS BRIEFING — generated locally from the available Media | The Guardian headline and RSS excerpt. It is not a summary of the full source article.