FCC Commissioner Accuses Agency Of Targeting Disney
Anna Gomez said Brendan Carr's FCC launched license reviews and probes after ABC's December 2024 $15 million settlement, calling it a coordinated censorship campaign.
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Overview
FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez sent a four-page letter to Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro, posted to her X account on May 11, 2026, calling Disney and ABC targets of a 'sustained, coordinated campaign of censorship.'
Gomez said the campaign followed ABC's December 2024 $15 million defamation settlement and was followed by an early license review and probes into 'The View' and DEI practices.
Disney filed a petition accusing the FCC of First Amendment violations, and the FCC has defended its inquiries while Gomez vowed to 'shine a light' on what she called the agency's weaponization.
The FCC is a three-person panel and Chairman Brendan Carr ordered an early review of licenses for eight ABC stations, which Gomez said misuses local station licenses as leverage against a parent company.
Under the review Disney must produce documentation showing its stations serve the public interest, and Gomez warned many investigations are meant to threaten rather than produce enforceable legal conclusions.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources foreground Democratic commissioner Anna Gomez’s claims of an orchestrated censorship campaign, using evaluative verbs (decried, blistering) and listing FCC actions to suggest a pattern. They heavily quote Gomez while giving limited FCC rebuttal, structuring the story to emphasize regulatory politicization over alternative explanations.