FCC Chairman Brendan Carr criticized ‘The View’ host Sunny Hostin for her blatant partisanship after she urged Democrats to flip the Senate during a discussion about Maine’s embattled Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner.
Partisanship on ‘The View’
Carr said ABC is arguing that ‘The View’ is a ‘bona fide news program’ and thus exempt from federal political equal opportunity rules, while Hostin openly pressed for a Democratic Senate majority.
‘ABC is arguing to the FCC that The View is a ‘bona fide news program’—just like Meet the Press—and thus exempt from the political equal opportunity rules,’ Carr said.
Hostin argued that Maine remains a key pickup opportunity for Democrats and said the party needs the right replacement candidate if Platner leaves the race.
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, former Trump White House communications director, said Democrats mishandled a race that has been viewed as central to their hopes of retaking the Senate.
The FCC’s Media Bureau said in May that KTRK-TV, a Disney-owned ABC station in Houston, and ABC filed a petition asking the FCC to declare that ‘The View’ qualifies as a bona fide news interview program and is exempt from statutory equal opportunities requirements.
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