FCC targets ‘The View’ and Jimmy Kimmel with eye toward getting equal time for Republicans

The FCC released new guidance Wednesday that stipulates that daytime and late night talk shows will be expected to comply with equal time rules

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The Federal Communications Commission and its outspoken commissioner Brendan Carr are taking aim at daytime talk shows like ABC’s “The View” and late night shows like NBC’s “Tonight Show.”

The FCC said Wednesday that it is clarifying its guidance on its political equal time rules, a change that could end long-standing exemptions for interviews with politicians on shows like “The View,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “The Tonight Show” and “The Late Show.” Many of those shows, most notably “The View,” frequently include guests from the world of politics.

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