FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gómez has slammed the release on Wednesday by the Media Bureau of guidance “on the application of the statutory equal opportunities requirement and the bona fide news exemptions to broadcast television stations, including their airing of late-night and daytime talk shows.”
As the lone Democratic Party-aligned vote maker on the Commission, Gómez says it is a “misleading announcement” that suggests certain late-night and daytime programs may no longer qualify for the long-standing “bona fide news interview” exemption under the Commission’s political broadcasting rules.
