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Here is the headline summary of ABC News' petition today filed with the FCC.

The commissioner's order to file this petition

for declaratory ruling is unprecedented beyond the commission's authority and counterproductive

to the commission's essentially encouraging a free speech and open political discussion.

It goes on to say the commission's actions threaten to upend decades of settled law and practice and chill critical protected speech, both with respect to the view and more broadly.

The view has been broadcasting under a bona fide news exemption granted to it more than 20 years ago, consistent with longstanding commission interpretations designed to minimize the serious First Amendment problems inherent in the

Equal Time regime. The view's exemption remains valid and the constitutional infirmities in the

Equal Time doctrine are even more pronounced today when the broadcast airwaves account for a slice of

the numerous media options through which Americans get their political information. Indeed,

the marketplace of ideas has never been more robust and people can virtually, can hear virtually any branded political

commentary by listening to a podcast, watching cable, scrolling, social media, or streaming on a phone,

computer, or connected TV. The free flow of ideas flourishes on these non-broadcast platforms,

even though the equal opportunities rule does not apply there.

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