Disney tells the FCC that 'The View' counts as a news program

[mahatmakanejeeves]

The Washington Post
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Disney wrote in a regulatory filing with the FCC that its long-running ABC daytime talk show “The View” qualifies as a “bona fide news program,” making it exempt from the rule requiring equal airtime to political candidates on broadcast TV.

Disney tells the FCC that ‘The View’ counts as a news program
The FCC since February has been probing whether “The View” violates equal-time rules.
www.washingtonpost.com
8:15 PM · Jul 7, 2026

Disney wrote in a regulatory filing with the FCC that its long-running ABC daytime talk show “The View” qualifies as a “bona fide news program,” making it exempt from the rule requiring equal airtime to political candidates on broadcast TV.

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2026-07-08T00:15:05.103311881Z

[Wiz Imp]

1. Just as it has for every one of the (soon to be) 30 years it's been on the air..

[Permanut]

2. More specifically, it is Brendan Carr..

who has been doing the "probing".

This would be the same Trump crime syndicate member who managed to get Jimmy Kimmel suspended.

[Figarosmom]

3. Yes, The View was started by Barbara Walters as

A news forum for women who were then housebound and needed a news program with a woman's perspective. One with differing ages, view points, backgrounds and incomes. It was to combine news and discussion of world events.

[Beartracks]

4. The View can't help it that reality has a liberal bias.

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[poli-junkie]

5. They don't like the wimens gettin'

together and talking‘bout issues n’ stuff.