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WSJ Minute Briefing

FCC Is Trying to Censor Disney, Agency Commissioner Says

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Home sales were flat last month, a blow to the housing industry. And a measure of the labor market rose in April. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:06.1

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0:12.5

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0:18.0

Here's your midday brief for Monday, May 11th.

0:21.1

I'm Alex Osala for the Wall Street Journal.

0:24.0

We're exclusively reporting that FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez says the Trump administration is leading a, quote, sustained, coordinated campaign of censorship against Disney's ABC network.

0:35.2

In a letter to Disney CEO, Josh DeMorrow, Gomez says Republican

0:38.7

Chairman Brendan Carr is weaponizing the agency to pressure the free press into submission.

0:44.0

Gomez is the agency's lone Democratic commissioner. Cars, FCC, has initiated several

0:49.2

investigations into Disney and ABC, including whether the talk show The View should continue to be granted

0:54.8

certain exemptions as a news program. Disney declined to comment. New data out today from the National

1:01.2

Association of Realtors shows that sales of existing homes rose just 0.2% in April from March. That

1:07.6

slight gain was a reversal from a drop in March, but the April numbers were far

1:11.6

below expectations. It's a substantial blow to a housing industry that was counting on a strong

1:16.7

spring season to emerge from an extended slump. And a new report from the conference board

1:22.2

shows the U.S. labor market remains relatively healthy despite economic uncertainty. The employment trends index rose

1:28.7

in April. When it increases, employment is likely to increase as well. The survey also showed that

1:33.8

the share of consumers who report that jobs are hard to get declined to its lowest level since the

1:38.4

start of the year. Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by

1:43.4

creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor.

1:48.5

We'll have more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast. You can add it to your playlist on your smart speaker or listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

1:59.0

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