Trump FCC asks public to comment on whether ABC's The View is a news show

The FCC’s 2002 determination “has remained unchallenged and unchanged since that time and, to this day, The View remains fully qualified for the exemption under the applicable legal standards,” ABC said. Today’s FCC Media Bureau public notice described the 2002 ruling as “a letter from an FCC staffer.” The ABC petition said the 2002 letter was “a Declaratory Ruling from the Mass Media Bureau,” which “remains in full force and effect.” ABC challenges legality of equal-time rule Besides asking …