The View has been making headlines as of late, and not because of any additional host hiatuses after Alyssa Farah Griffin’s absence. Recently, there’s been a debate as to whether the long-running ABC talk show can be classified as a “bona fide news interview program.” This comes as the Federal Communications Commission – amid the Trump Administration – pushes hard on the long-held equal-time rule for TV programs. So let’s talk out exactly why the alphabet network wants the aforementioned classification for The View.