The View is being investigated by the FCC. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr confirmed the investigation.
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Appearing on The Katie Miller Podcast, Carr weighed in on the investigation. He said there are some serious questions around The View. The confirmation comes after Carr threatened an investigation back in February.
Back then, the talk show let James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, appear on the show. The FCC reportedly investigated the show for violating the FCC's Equal Time Rule. The rule requires broadcasters to set aside equal airtime for opposing candidates.
But Carr is sharing new details on what's going on.
"They are asserting that The View is what the statute calls a 'bona fide' news program. And if you're a bona fide news program under the law, you actually don't have to comply with equal time requirements," said Carr. "They're asserting that they're bona fide news just like, I don't know, Meet The Press used to be, or something like that. There's obviously questions have been raised about whether they are, in fact, bona fide news."
'The View' Being Investigated
He added, "We've asked them to file a petition at the FCC to try to get some clarification on that. And we'll see where that goes... I think there's a lot of questions have been raised."
This comes after Carr promised back in February that the FCC was taking a close look at the View. Meanwhile, producers behind the show declined to comment on the recent news. The View features hosts regularly sitting down with various guests across political lines. However, in recent years, some viewers have accused it of being bias.
Earlier this year, Jimmy Kimmel was particularly critical of Carr and the FCC. He said that the organization was going back on an exemption that it had given talk shows.
He said the organization was "reinterpreting long agreed-upon rules to stifle us."
"It's a sneaky little way of keeping viewpoints that aren't his off air," Kimmel claimed. "It's his latest attack on free speech and it's a joke because this isn't the '50s anymore. Back then there were only three major networks."
