Trump's FCC squeezes ABC's station licenses
The FCC opened early license reviews of ABC-owned stations in eight markets; ABC and Disney called it “unconstitutional retaliation.”
What happened
The FCC opened early license reviews of ABC-owned stations in eight markets; ABC and Disney called it “unconstitutional retaliation.”
Why it matters
Journalists, inspectors, universities and public media make abuses visible. Pressure on them narrows the independent record the public can use to judge power. It is tracked here under “Punish critical news coverage”; the classification describes the documented institutional risk, not a claim about motive.