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Related: About this forumThe View folds: Top daytime talk show folds to Trump admin intimidation and 'changes' programing: report
https://www.rawstory.com/brendan-carr-2677163503/Top daytime talk show folds to Trump admin intimidation and changes programing: report
Alexander Willis
July 6, 2026 2:03PM ET
Inside sources revealed to Semafor that The View, the top-rated daytime talk show on television, succumbed to pressure from the Trump administrations Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and changed [its] programing, the outlet reported Sunday night.
Trumps FCC, led by its aggressive chairman, has been one of the most visible regulators of American communications in a generation. The simple threat of regulatory action is now enough to impact how media outlets behave.
A potential example of the shows programing change occurred in recent weeks when a representative for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani proposed that The View host the mayor alongside two congressional candidates he had endorsed, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, an inside source told Semafor on the condition of anonymity.
The View said it was interested in having the mayor on, but indicated it couldnt accommodate Avila Chevalier or Valdez, now Democratic congressional nominees, [the inside source] said, Semafors report reads
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The View folds: Top daytime talk show folds to Trump admin intimidation and 'changes' programing: report (Original Post)
cbabe
18 hrs ago
OP
msongs
(74,603 posts)1. caving in one bunch at a time chip chip chip
Permanut
(8,755 posts)2. Trump and his cult have been Fox hundreds of times..
So I'm sure they'll be next under threat to lose their license.
MichMan
(17,733 posts)3. Fox News is on cable and doesn't need a broadcast license like The View does