MRC Free Speech America Vice President, Dan Schneider, joined Rob Schmitt Tonight on Newsmax on Tuesday evening to discuss why the Media Research Center decided to petition the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to block the renewal of ABC-Owned Broadcast Licenses.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is reviewing eight of ABC’s broadcasting licenses, accusing it of running a “campaign of misinformation,” and is investigating whether ABC’s The View should be required to offer equal airtime to guests of the opposing political party.
Schneider explains why ABC must lose its licenses: “If you’re in broadcast, then you are required by law to provide equal time to opponents and to serve the public interest. And that does not mean just the anti-Trump segment of the public, but the whole public. If ABC does not want to comply with the law, then it can go to cable. It can do streaming, it can have print, but it cannot continue to take our government-issued broadband licenses.”
Free access to the public airwaves comes with an obligation to serve the public interest.
If ABC does not want to comply with the law, then it can go to cable or streaming. It cannot continue to take our government-issued broadband licenses.@Schneider_DC @SchmittNYC @NEWSMAX pic.twitter.com/xTk5A8U92T
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 1, 2026
He quotes Joy Behar from The View: “‘As long as Republicans are in power in the majority, there will never be accountability. You have to vote for Democrats.’” Quotes such as this simply do not serve the public interest; they serve, as Schneider puts it, the “anti-Trump segment of the public.”
Broadcast TV comes with rules because it is a privilege to use those airwaves, not a right.
ABC should be serving the public interest, not campaigning for Democrats. @Schneider_DC @SchmittNYC @NEWSMAX pic.twitter.com/vO2McTA8gf
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 1, 2026
Schneider concluded by stating that if Behar were on MS NOW or another cable provider, she could make biased statements like these, but broadcast TV has specific regulations, and if these regulations are broken, they must be held accountable.
Watch the full segment below: