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MRC to F.C.C.: ‘Judge ABC’s record, not the rhetoric’
MRC Highlights NBC Nightly News Segment Exposing Unpopularity of Socialism Among Voters
MRC Uncovers Apple News and Google News Double Standard Protecting Left-Wing Candidates
MRC to F.C.C.: ‘Judge ABC’s record, not the rhetoric’
Today the MRC submitted to the Federal Communications Commission a formal reply to the opposition filings of ABC and former commission employees to the MRC’s June 29 petition to deny the early broadcast license renewal of ABC’s 8 owned-and-operated television stations.
ABC’s filing boils down to a squatter’s rights argument: once it occupies the public airwaves, it believes no one can question whether it deserves to stay. But broadcast licenses are not permanent entitlements. They are temporary privileges conditioned on serving the public interest.
Our reply demonstrates that ABC largely avoids the documented evidence of partisan electioneering, misinformation, and programming that minimizes or excuses political violence. The FCC should judge the record, not the rhetoric.
MRC has reviewed nearly 50,0000 hours of ABC programming over 38 years, and has produced hundreds of studies detailing ABC’s record of electioneering, broadcasting of disinformation, and its justification of political violence.
MRC does not ask the Commission to compel ABC to air any message or produce any program; it asks the Commission to find that ABC’s record will no longer be tolerated. ABC has a First Amendment right to express its views through private channels. That is not the issue here. The relevant question is whether ABC has an unconditional right to continue using publicly licensed spectrum despite a record that is inconsistent with the public-interest standard. It does not.
MRC Highlights NBC Nightly News Segment Exposing Unpopularity of Socialism Among Voters
MRC analysis of NBC Nightly News revealed a rare moment of media honesty showing 77 percent of independent voters view socialism negatively.
Data analyst Steve Kornacki confirmed that while 52 percent of Democrats favor socialism, the wider American electorate overwhelmingly rejects the ideology.
NBC reported that less than one in three voters hold a positive view of the Democratic Party heading into the midterm elections.
While the broadcast offered valuable poll data, NBC still downplayed candidate ties to far-left socialist figures and anti-Israel platforms.
MRC Uncovers Apple News and Google News Double Standard Protecting Left-Wing Candidates
MRC research exposed how Apple News and Google News actively promoted negative stories about Republican candidates while completely hiding scandals involving Democratic candidates.
Big Tech news aggregators ran zero negative headlines about scandal-plagued Democrats Graham Platner and Abdul El-Sayed as they rose in the polls.
Google News and Apple News heavily favored left-leaning outlets, with over 69 percent of featured stories coming from left-wing media and as little as 1 to 3 percent from right-leaning sources.
MRC documented that tech platforms suppressed more than 200 stories from conservative outlets to shield progressive political candidates from voter scrutiny.
