Published May 8, 2026, 12:55 p.m. ET ABC responded to the Federal Communications Commission threats against The View with a searing filing accusing the commission of trying to “upend decades of settled law and practice and chill critical protected speech.” In a new filing that was made public Friday, the Disney-owned network accused the FCC of violating its free speech rights by attempting to limit The View ‘s coverage with the equal time rule, which requires news programs to give equal time and opportunity to political candidates from opposing parties. ABC notes in the filing The View had been granted an exemption from the rule over 20 years ago. “ The View has been broadcasting under a bona fide news exemption granted to it more than twenty years ago, consistent with longstanding Commission interpretations designed to minimize the serious First Amendment problems inherent in the equal time regime,” the network states in the filing.…