{
  "id": 1709052,
  "title": "ABC Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/abc-files-first-amendment-lawsuit-against-fcc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T12:20:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/abc-first-amendment-lawsuit-fcc-1236837028/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Disney’s ABC filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, raising the pitch of the company’s efforts to countermand unusual pressure from the federal government to force the company’s stations to submit licenses for early renewal proceedings. ABC has found itself at cross purposes with the FCC at several moments in […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}