FCC Scrutinizes The View for Equal Time Rule

0:00It's April 28th. This is Entertainment in Celebrity News. Today, your AI-powered source for all things entertainment. FCC Chair Brendan Carr from the Trump administration is putting the view under the microscope for possibly breaking the equal time rule. That rule says broadcasts got to give equal airtime to rival candidates if one shows up. Back in February, they had Texas Democrat James Tallahrico on as a guest. And now the agency is digging into whether that needed balance from opponents. Earlier this week on April 28th, Carr dropped more details in an interview on the Katie Miller podcast. He said they've hit the view with some serious questions and even told them to file a petition at the FCC for clarity on the rules. This billed on his earlier comments that they were just taking a look. Hosts like Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert fired back hard. Kimmel dubbed Carr the Brendan Cartel, calling it a sneaky free speech attack by twisting old rules. They pointed to a 2006 FCC decision that let talk shows like the Tonight Show skip equal

1:04time for political guests. The views team says they've always hosted leaders from both sides to chat current events. Nothing new there. Carr kicked this off in January by tweeting a reminder to daytime and late night shows about equal opportunities for all candidates. It's still unfolding with the FCC waiting on that petition response. The view keeps rolling weekdays at 11 a.m. Eastern on ABC. So stay tuned for how this equal time tussle plays out.