2026年5月8日 / 美国东部时间下午1:24 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
据5月7日提交给该机构的请愿书显示，美国广播公司（ABC）指控联邦通信委员会（FCC）因审查其脱口秀节目《观点》，侵犯了其第一修正案权利。
根据这家广播公司的请愿书，联邦通信委员会已要求ABC证明《观点》符合新闻节目资质，否则将被迫向所有提出要求的政治候选人提供同等时长的播出时间。
ABC辩称，此类要求会“ chilling critical protected speech”（压制受到保护的关键言论）。
此次请愿正值联邦通信委员会与ABC母公司华特迪士尼公司陷入纠纷之际。上月，在特朗普总统呼吁该公司解雇喜剧演员吉米·坎摩尔的一天后，该机构以正在进行调查为由，要求迪士尼提前提交其ABC电视台的牌照续期申请。
联邦通信委员会未立即回复置评请求。
“同等时长”规则之争
此次最新纠纷的核心是所谓的“同等时长规则”，该规则要求采访过某位政治候选人的广播电视台，需为该职位的其他所有候选人提供同等时长的播出时间。
由于这可能给电视台带来难以承受的播出时长要求，美国国会在数十年前为“善意”新闻广播和采访增加了豁免条款。
《观点》节目于2002年获得了同等时长规则的豁免权。根据ABC提交的文件，2026年3月底，联邦通信委员会要求ABC旗下休斯顿电视台KTRK-TV就《观点》是否仍属于“善意新闻访谈节目”向该机构提交新的申请。
ABC在请愿书中表示，2002年的裁决“仍然完全有效”。“委员会在过去二十年中未采取任何行动修改或推翻该宣告性裁决，现在也没有任何理由这样做。”
詹姆斯·塔拉里科采访事件
联邦通信委员会向迪士尼发出上述命令，源于得克萨斯州州参议院民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科于2月2日登上《观点》节目。
ABC在请愿书中称：“邀请塔拉里科参与节目的决定是基于新闻价值和观众兴趣考量，而非为了助推其竞选。”
请愿书指出，联邦通信委员会并未对其他媒体机构提出类似要求，例如播放《马克·莱文秀》等倾向保守派节目的得克萨斯州广播电台。
ABC在请愿书中指控：“[S]uch a clear disparity in the treatment of broadcasters that ought to be subject to the same treatment under law raises serious concerns about viewpoint discrimination and retaliatory targeting.”（“对于依法应受到同等对待的广播机构，却存在如此明显的区别对待，这引发了人们对观点歧视和报复性 targeting的严重担忧。”）
ABC accuses FCC of violating its First Amendment rights over its scrutiny of “The View”
May 8, 2026 / 1:24 PM EDT / CBS News
ABC is accusing the Federal Communications Commission of violating its First Amendment rights due to the agency’s scrutiny of its talk show “The View,” according to a petition filed with the agency on May 7.
According to the broadcaster’s petition, the FCC has demanded that ABC prove that “The View” qualifies as a news program, or risk being forced to give equal airtime to every political candidate who asks for it.
ABC argues that such a requirement would “chill critical protected speech.”
The petition comes amid a battle between the FCC and ABC parent Walt Disney Co. Last month, the agency ordered Disney to file early license renewal applications for its ABC television stations, citing an ongoing investigation, a day after President Trump called on the company to fire comedian Jimmy Kimmel.
The FCC didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
Clash over “equal time”
At the center of the latest tussle is the so-called equal time rule, which requires broadcast stations that interview one political candidate to give equal airtime to all other candidates for the same office.
Because that can lead to unmanageable airtime requirements for TV stations, Congress decades ago added an exemption for “bona fide” news broadcasts and interviews.
“The View” received an exemption for the equal time rule in 2002. At the end of March 2026, the FCC required ABC’s Houston station, KTRK-TV, to file a new request with the agency over whether “The View” remains a “bona fide news interview program,” according to ABC’s filing.
The 2002 ruling “remains in full force and effect,” ABC said in the petition. “The Commission has taken no action over the last two decades to modify or overturn the declaratory ruling, and there is no basis for doing so now.”
James Talarico interview
The FCC’s order to Disney came after Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, a Democrat, appeared on “The View” on Feb. 2.
“The decision to include Talarico was driven by considerations of newsworthiness and audience interest and not an intent to advance his candidacy,” ABC’s petition states.
The petition noted that the FCC hasn’t made similar requests of other media outlets, such as Texas radio stations that air conservative-leaning shows such as “The Mark Levin Show.”
“[S]uch a clear disparity in the treatment of broadcasters that ought to be subject to the same treatment under law raises serious concerns about viewpoint discrimination and retaliatory targeting,” the ABC petition alleges.
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