Brendan Carr Confirms FCC Has Started ‘Enforcement Proceedings’ Against ‘The View’

FCC chairman Brendan Carr is coming after The View for what he claims were violations of the “equal-time” rule regarding political candidates running for office. “If you are bona fide news, you don’t have to give candidates equal air time,” Carr said on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle on Wednesday (February 18). “But Disney and The View have not established that that program is, in fact, bona fide news. We’ve started enforcement proceedings, taking a look at that. And, again, we’re going to hold broadcasters accountable.” (Watch it below.) The equal-time rule states that shows must provide equivalent access to competing political candidates. The exception to this is news programs,…