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Posted on 05/22/2026 11:18:54 AM PDT by DFG
Disney has filed a petition with the FCC asking the agency to declare that The View is exempt from the statutory equal opportunities requirements that would otherwise apply to broadcast shows.
Disney argues that The View qualifies as “bona fide news” under the law, comparing itself to Meet The Press or Face The Nation.
Therefore, Disney argues, it can have one partisan candidate for office on The View while denying equal opportunities to all others.
The FCC is now seeking public comment on Disney’s request to be labeled as “bona fide news.”
Is The View a “bona fide news interview program”?
Under FCC case law, tv shows do not qualify as “bona fide news” if their decisions are based on partisan purposes, such as an intention to advance or harm an individual’s candidacy.
As the Public Notice observes, Congress originally passed the equal opportunities law to prevent media gatekeepers from deciding the outcome of elections. The law, even when it applies, does not prohibit anyone from having any candidate appear on any show. Rather, Congress intended it to empower voters with more information and encourage more speech.
The FCC welcomes your views:
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-517A1.pdf
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Thr view qualifying as what the show is “A SH*T SHOW”
Disney argues that The View qualifies as “bona fide news”...
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wasn’t Rachel Maddow involved in a court case in which she had to admit that she was not a “news” person but was merely an “entertainer”?
If that is true for Rachel Maddow, how can Whoppi Goldberg be seen as a serious “news” person?
The View qualifies as “bona fide news”
Just like Comedy Central.
Given that the FCC is long removed from being friends of the consumer ...
Bona fide?
More like Bovine feed.
I don’t remember the Maddow case but I know Alex Jones, when faced with losing everything in court, said of his controversial statements sometimes I am serious but I am an entertainer and people know that about me.
DEEEEEEEnied!
The loophole is that the laws do not apply to the View panelists. Just to humans.
What journalist training, accreditation and education do Whoopi have in order to be a news person?
HOW FAR DISNEY HAS FALLEN !!!!!!!!
The same could be said for a vast majority of those who post "news" on social media. That said, I am not fine with The View from being able to bypass equal opportunity broadcasting when it comes to politicians and political candidates.
Another example of reality surpassing The Bee.
“Bona Fide”
“Whoopi Lied”
Walt is flip flopping over and over in his grave...
They could get rid of Colbert, because he’s a white male.
It’s a different story with The View.
The View a “bona fide news interview
The network would get more viewers with footage at a chicken coop.
They should just call it “The Mao Tse-Tung Hour”
“Don’t ____ with my distribution costs!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuqvlMxfGA4
Maybe the FCC should require Disney to prove such: any and all communications related to guests and topics presented on “The View”. Bet it would turn up some interesting coordination involved.
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