The Federal Communications Commission intensifies a review of Disney-owned ABC after the network aired ads that prompted more than 90K public comments.The FCC is probing whether The View violated equal-time rules after Texas state Representative James Talarico appeared while he was a candidate, and the agency is accelerating license renewals for eight ABC stations.Chairman
Brendan Carr calls the ads a PR and disinformation campaign, Commissioner
Anna Gomez defends editorial independence, and
Disney and
ABC say they will challenge the probe in court, citing the news exemption and a 2002 ruling.