{
  "id": 14036084,
  "title": "ABC Alleges FCC’s Attempts to Curb Its Free Speech Were Designed to Evade Judicial Review",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/abc-alleges-fccs-attempts-to-curb-its-free-speech-were-designed-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T20:14:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/abc-fcc-free-speech-lawsuit-evade-judicial-review-1236909377/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "ABC, in a new filing in its First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC, claims that the agency’s early-license renewal demand for its local TV stations was done in such a way as to circumvent “judicial review.” On Aug. 18, ABC sued the FCC and chairman Brendan Carr, a Trump loyalist, alleging the commission was waging […]",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}