{
  "id": 1785751,
  "title": "ABC sues U.S. broadcast regulator over early licence reviews, calling it an 'existential threat'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/abc-sues-u-s-broadcast-regulator-over-early-licence-reviews-calling",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T19:23:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/abc-fcc-lawsuit-9.7311327"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Further escalating its battle with the Trump administration, ABC on Tuesday took the rare step of suing the Federal Communications Commission on First Amendment grounds, saying the agency's demand for early review of broadcast licences posed an \"existential threat\" to its operations.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Disney and ABC sue Trump's media regulator to stop early licence renewal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/disney-and-abc-sue-trumps-media-regulator-to-stop-early-licence",
        "published": "2026-08-18T16:22:54.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}