Disney, ABC sue Trump's FCC over free speech protections
The network challenges regulatory action taken after Trump called for firing Jimmy Kimmel over his late-night criticism.
Part of a larger narrative
Trump Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Ads
- DHS Kept Airing Pro-Trump Ads After Judge's Ban, DOJ Then Claims Compliance
- Disney, ABC sue Trump's FCC over free speech protectionsyou are here
- Trump rolls out $90 Medicare checks to 20 million seniors ahead of midterms
- NYT: Trump Personally Directed Taxpayer Money for Pro-Trump TV Ads
- Trump cancels $810M in congressionally approved spending via rare 'pocket rescission'
What to know
- Disney and ABC are challenging Trump's FCC in court over free speech protections, setting up a constitutional test of executive pressure on broadcast media.
- Trump had publicly called for the network to fire Jimmy Kimmel for late-night criticism and attacked The View's editorial stance.
- The case hinges on whether regulatory action can be taken against broadcasters in response to their editorial content and hosts' speech.
Donald Trump PresidentDisney/ABC Broadcast network
Jimmy Kimmel Late-night host
How it unfolded 1 development · click the chart to see its coverage articlespostscomments
-
1
Disney, ABC file court challenge to Trump's FCC actions
Disney and ABC have filed a lawsuit against Trump's Federal Communications Commission, challenging regulatory action related to free speech protections. The legal action comes after Trump repeatedly called for the firing of Jimmy Kimmel for mocking him and criticized ABC's The View.
“President Trump has repeatedly called for Disney's ABC to fire late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel, for mocking him.”
— David Folkenflik, NPR reporter · source -
first by Toronto Star, 7d ago · also NPR, PBS NewsHour, Associated Press, Boston Globe, Orlando Sentinel, Baltimore Sun +3
2 more headlines
-
C
(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS
2 more of the top 3 · 6 posts in this stretch
-
🚨🇺🇸 Disney’s battle with Trump’s FCC just moved to FEDERAL COURT. Disney is asking a judge to stop an extraordinary early review of the broadcast licenses for 8 ABC stations. The licenses otherwise wouldn't be due for renewal until 2028–2031. Disney argues the move is
-
Yet disney continues to donate to republican politicians. And democrats continue to pay for disney subscriptions. It's basically like democrats are paying to be dominated by republicans. It's very kinky.
-
Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet
-
first by CBS News, 7d ago · also Quartz, CNN, KTVZ-TV
3 more headlines
-
first by The Guardian, 7d ago · also Guardian, Guardian Media
-
first by Deadline, 7d ago
1 more headline
- ABC To Judge In FCC Lawsuit: Trump's Regulatory Threats Chill Speech Deadline · 7d ago
and 2 smaller pieces
What people are saying 3 voices from 2 sites · best of 6 · verbatim
- Oct 7
-
P
A lawyer for ABC asked a federal judge to prevent the Trump administration from conducting an early review of its broadcast licenses, likening it to a looming execution by guillotine that was already chilling the network's editorial decisions weeks before the midterms.
- Oct 6
-
R
"The overreaching by the FCC is one of the greatest threats right now that's facing journalism," said @rcfp.org President Bruce D. Brown. [via @npr.org]
-
E
https://www. europesays.com/3293421/ Disney, ABC battle Trump’s FCC in court over free speech protections : NPR # trump