{"id":71908,"date":"2026-09-18T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T04:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/09\/18\/disney-says-threats-against-reporters-should-prompt-court-to-block-fcc-action\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T04:07:00","slug":"disney-says-threats-against-reporters-should-prompt-court-to-block-fcc-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/09\/18\/disney-says-threats-against-reporters-should-prompt-court-to-block-fcc-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney says threats against reporters should prompt court to block FCC action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ongoing threats by President Donald Trump against reporters and broadcast networks are grounds for a US judge to block the Federal Communications Commission from reviewing Disney&#8217;s eight ABC station licenses early, the company said on Thursday.<br \/>Disney and ABC said in a court filing that FCC Chair Brendan Carr has made clear he is carrying out Trump&#8217;s specific directives &#8220;aimed at curbing speech critical of the administration.&#8221;<br \/>The company added that Carr&#8217;s implementation of Trump&#8217;s directives was improper but makes sense since Trump deemed that if he is &#8220;insufficiently responsive to his directives, the president could fire the chairman at will.&#8221;<br \/>The White House and Carr did not immediately comment.<br \/>Trump has repeatedly urged broadcasters to drop comedy or news programs he dislikes or which have joked about or criticized him or his administration. He has also called on the FCC to strip stations of licenses after criticizing news and other programming.<br \/>Carr ordered the early reviews in April, even though the ABC stations&#8217; license renewals were not scheduled to be considered before October 2028. 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