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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Catalini

Disney sues FCC over challenge to broadcast licenses, claims retaliation over ‘Jimmy Kimmel’

Disney filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission alleging a violation of its First Amendment rights.

The suit comes after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Friday recently defended the agency’s actions against ABC, saying broadcasters have a duty to “operate in the public interest” and the FCC is merely trying to restore that standard.

Carr has said the country should have a “trusted, respected news media, and we’re not there.”

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