Scott MacFarlane: ABC Seeks FCC Relief Over ‘Unreasonable, Unfair, and Unprecedented’ Requirements

MACFARLANE: “What ABC is doing is through this petition asking for some relief from the FCC is saying, you’ve asked us, FCC, to do some unreasonable, unfair, and in their words, unprecedented things to start litigating the view its guests and trying to find some type of equal time for any guests who may be political. What they’re arguing is that the view is a bona fide news show. You don’t have to do equal time when you’re telling the news. What’s more, they’re making this argument with which I’m sympathetic of it’s not 1978 anymore. We don’t all just watch laverne and shirley reruns and gunsmoke. Like there’s plenty of places to find information in the information ecosphere. You don’t have to worry about what the three channels and the dial knob on the TV are giving you."

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Scott MacFarlane: ABC Seeks FCC Relief Over ‘Unreasonable, Unfair, and Unprecedented’ Requirements‘What they’re arguing is that the view is a bona fide news show‘News & PoliticsRUSH EXCERPT:MACFARLANE: “What ABC is doing is through this petition asking for some relief from the FCC is saying, you’ve asked us, FCC, to do some unreasonable, unfair, and in their words, unprecedented things to start litigating the view its guests and trying to find some type of equal time for any guests who may be political. What they’re arguing is that the view is a bona fide news show. You don’t have to do equal time when you’re telling the news. What’s more, they’re making this argument with which I’m sympathetic of it’s not 1978 anymore. We don’t all just watch laverne and shirley reruns and gunsmoke. Like there’s plenty of places to find information in the information ecosphere. You don’t have to worry about what the three channels and the dial knob on the TV are giving you."Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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