{
  "id": 582797,
  "title": "ACLU Demands FCC Release Records Pertaining to ABC Early License Renewal, Alleging Agency’s Stated Rationale for Review ‘Does Not Seem Credible’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/aclu-demands-fcc-release-records-pertaining-to-abc-early-license",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-11T16:04:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/aclu-fcc-foia-requestabc-early-license-renewal-1236832083/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The American Civil Liberties Union submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the FCC for records pertaining to the agency’s decision to require Disney’s eight owned-and-operated ABC stations to renew their broadcast licenses early. “[T]his Request concerns whether the government is using its authority to illegally retaliate against broadcasters for saying something the […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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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."
}