ABC is accusing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of violating its First Amendment rights by making "major shifts in policy and practice" that the network claims will chill free speech.
The network is asking the FCC to "affirm its long-standing approach to the bona fide news interview exemption" for daytime talk show The View, and the agency's support of "public interest services provided by broadcast stations." ABC says that a series of actions from the FCC "suggests that the Commission is implementing major shifts in policy and practice," and that "requires the action of the full Commission and the oversight of the courts." The …