Since 2014, when Disney and ABC brought The View into the news division, the liberal ladies have been using and abusing their “bona fide” news program status to push Democratic Party propaganda, openly support Democratic candidates, and push unfounded conspiracy theories against conservatives and Republicans. On Monday, the Media Research Center (MRC) submitted a massive filing with the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) making the case that The View didn’t deserve that special status and was actively breaching ABC’s broadcasting license.
The MRC’s filing caught ABC and Disney completely off guard as the corporations scrambled to rally their supporters the day the filing was due. Of course, the appeal to fans give wrong information and lies.
After the FCC launched a probe in February, Disney and ABC filed a petition for the commission to issue a ruling on the show’s status, and in late March, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr responded and announced that the public comment period was open.
MRC President David Bozell argued, in no uncertain terms, that The View was a “partisan political operation” and ABC had “misrepresented” the show to the FCC:
ABC claims that its daytime television program The View is a “bona fide news interview program” and thus should be exempt from Congress’s equal opportunity rules. This claim is belied by the facts. While The View may once have qualified for an exemption, the evidence shows that it has for years operated for political purposes and is therefore not entitled to an exemption to the law. The MRC has the documentation to demonstrate that The View is a partisan political operation that advocates for Democrats and their party, against President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans, and for the political priorities of the left. Furthermore, the MRC can demonstrate that the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) misrepresented its program in its petition to the FCC, improperly cited First Amendment case law, and trivialized the actual harms of censorship through false outrage at the Commission’s legitimate questions.
Additionally, the MRC had submitted “2,473 separate pieces of evidence documenting The View’s pervasive bias and, at times, willful electioneering as exhibits to this comment.”
That number encompassed everything NewsBusters had published about The View, including numerous studies documenting their political bias. For instance, in 2025, NewsBusters found that The View only spoke with two guests that exposed conservative views. Their interview with Vice President J.D. Vance last week was only their third conservative in 2026, so far.
Monday June 22, was the final day for public comments to be filed, but according to a Wall Street Journal report, ABC and Disney had only gotten around to trying to musher a defense that morning.
“ABC is taking its fight with the government to its own airwaves,” The Journal’s Joe Flint wrote. “The Disney-owned broadcast network launched an on-air campaign Monday urging viewers to weigh in against the Federal Communications Commission’s early review of its broadcast licenses and a separate investigation of its daily talk show ‘The View.’”
First airing their ad campaign during their show’s first commercial break, but was never brought up on the show directly.
Public comment on the FCC's proceedings looking at The View's "bona fide news" status closes today, but ABC is has only this morning gotten around to mustering a defense.
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 22, 2026
Their on-air appeal lies about FCC wanting to "control who allowed to appear" and gives the wrong file date. pic.twitter.com/7tb8RxevXh
Following a soundbite of the late Barbara Walters explaining her vision for the show, a voiceover in their appeal proclaimed: “The View has welcomed your favorite guests and covered the issues you care about for nearly 30 years. Now, the FCC wants to control who is allowed to appear on the show.” The ad didn’t mention the FCC was reacting to the network’s own petition for action.
The ad then issued a call to action and directed fans to scan a QR code to submit a comment. It claims fans “have until July 6” to make their voices heard. Again, public comment closed on June 22.
A reply comment period closes on July 6, but it’s not the same as the public comment period. In order to submit a reply comment, a commenter had to be directly responding to a filing already submitted during the public comment period.
The QR code only led to the FCC’s general form to submit a comment (not necessarily to support the show). Additionally, the ad didn’t share any information about how to link the comment to their petition so the FCC knew what issue they were commenting on (like the docket number).
