WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee has submitted an ex parte filing with the FCC in regard to its early license renewal review pertaining to the eight ABC Owned Stations under a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion-fueled probe.
For Rep. Jamin Raskin (D-Md.), his words echo those of the lone Democrat serving as a FCC Commissioner: The FCC’s “extraordinary decision to require early renewal of eight Disney-owned ABC broadcast licenses breaks from decades of practice and causes severe constitutional problems by at least appearing to use the Commission’s licensing authority to censor protected speech.”
As such, “further Congressional oversight may be warranted.”
