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FCC Chair Opens Investigation Into Walt Disney Co. Over DEI Programs
The Walt Disney Co. is the latest media conglomerate to be targeted by Donald Trump‘s FCC chairman over its DEI practices. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said today that he sent a letter to Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger announcing that the agency had opened an investigation into whether Disney and ABC “have not been […]
He wrote that the Communications Act and commission rules prohibit regulated companies “from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age or gender.” In his letter, Carr does not mention specific Disney content, but he cited reports of the companies “launch what would amount to segregated affinity groups and spaces.” He also cited the company’s Reimagining Tomorrow initiative, claiming they were “a mechanism for advancing its DEI mission.” He also contended that ABC implemented mandatory “inclusion standards” that “may have forced racial and identity quotas into every level of production.” Shortly after he became chair in January, Carr reinstated a a complaint against ABC over the way that David Muir and Linsey Davis moderated the 2024 presidential debate.
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