Disney claims ‘The View’ is ‘bona fide news’ akin to ‘Meet the Press’

Nypost · May 23, 2026 · 556 words · By David Spector

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Disney claims ‘The View’ is ‘bona fide news’ akin to ‘Meet the Press’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Disney claims ‘The View’ is ‘bona fide news’ akin to ‘Meet the Press’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleDisney is claiming “The View” is a news program — and critics are calling the media company plain “Goofy.” Local Houston TV network KTRK-TV, and its parent company, Disney, filed a petition with the Federal Communications…

Common ground

“Disney argues that The View qualifies as ‘bona fide news’ under the law, comparing itself to Meet The Press or Face The Nation,” Carr posted on X Friday.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Doubt: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “News programs are exempt from equal time rules”

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Both cross-references and web search results confirm that 'bona fide news programs' are exempt from the equal time rules.

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web search NEUTRAL — The equal-time rule specifies that American radio and television broadcast stations must provide equivalent access to competing political candidates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-time_rule

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web search NEUTRAL — The federal equal time rule requires broadcasters to treat political candidates equally in terms of air time. Some see the rule as a violation of First Amendment rights.
https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/equal-time-rule/

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web search NEUTRAL — FCC disputes long-standing view that the shows are exempt from equal-time rule.The rule has an exemption for candidate appearances on bona fide news programs.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/trump-fcc-tries-…

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Claim 2: “In a May 14 edition of the program, Goldberg spiraled over Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt’s sudden surge in popularity”

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Claim 3: “Behar said she thinks the administration is deliberately harming Americans during an April discussion about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s policies”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 4: “Hostin... claimed the term implies “[Trump] wants American-born, white children.””

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Web search results include a transcript/summary where Sunny Hostin states 'That may be part of the intent' regarding the desire for white children in the context of the 'Trump babies' discussion.

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Claim 5: “accused the president in April of “destroying the White House,” with his ballroom construction”

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Claim 6: “Under FCC case law, tv shows do not qualify as ‘bona fide news’ if their decisions are based on partisan purposes, such as an intention to advance or harm an individual’s candidacy”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 7: “The program, which is hosted by an all-female panel consisting of Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources, including Gold Derby and other reports, list the current hosts as Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro.

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web search NEUTRAL — The View is an American talk show created by broadcast journalist Barbara Walters. As of 2025, in its 29th season, the show aired on ABC as part of the network's daytime programming block since August…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View

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web search NEUTRAL — "The View" will bring back all co-hosts for Season 27: Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro.
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-view-hosts-season-27-wh…

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web search NEUTRAL — Today, only Behar remains, with the rest of the present lineup featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro.
https://www.goldderby.com/gallery/the-view-hosts/

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Claim 8: “Behar asked on a May 12 broadcast. “When they say ‘more Trump babies,’ what does that mean?””

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

While the general conversation about 'Trump babies' is corroborated, there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming the exact quote and date of May 12.

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Claim 9: “Local Houston TV network KTRK-TV, and its parent company, Disney, filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking the agency to declare “The View” a “bona fide news” show”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Disney and ABC filed a petition with the FCC to have 'The View' declared a 'bona fide news interview program'.

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago ... Therefore, Disney argues, it can have one partisan candidate for office on The View while denying equal opportunities to all others. The FCC is ...
https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/2057852532769050812

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web search NEUTRAL — 19 hours ago ... The FCC on Friday opened public comment on a petition from Disney and ABC to declare its show "The View" as a "bona fide news interview ...
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/05/22/disney-fcc-petiti…

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web search NEUTRAL — 17 hours ago ... The agency issued the Public Notice for comments after ABC asked the agency for an exemption to equal time rules and accused the regulator ...
https://www.tvtechnology.com/regulatory-legal/fcc-asks-for-p…

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Claim 10: “Disney argues that The View qualifies as ‘bona fide news’ under the law, comparing itself to Meet The Press or Face The Nation”

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Multiple sources explicitly state that Disney argued 'The View' qualifies as 'bona fide news' and compared it to 'Meet the Press' or 'Face the Nation'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Disney argues that The View qualifies as “bona fide news” under the law, comparing itself to Meet The Press or Face The Nation. Therefore, Disney argues, it can have one partisan candidate for office …
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/disney-begs-fcc-lab…

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web search NEUTRAL — “Is The View a ‘bona fide news interview program’?”“Disney argues that The View qualifies as “bona fide news” under the law, comparing itself to Meet The Press or Face The Nation.”
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to the report, Disney argues that The View should be treated similarly to programs like Meet the Press or Face the Nation.Carr noted that programs do not qualify as bona fide news if their c…
https://discernreport.com/the-view-hopes-to-be-labeled-a-leg…

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Claim 11: “The FCC announced in February that it would reinterpret the law to include late-night and daytime talk shows”

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Web search results from January 2026 indicate the FCC announced that daytime and late-night talk shows must comply with equal time rules, representing a reinterpretation/enforcement shift.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 22, 2026 ... The FCC says that daytime and late-night TV talk shows featuring interviews with political candidates must comply with “equal time” rules, ...
https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/posts/the-fcc-says-that-day…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 21, 2026 ... In a not all that surprising development for those who monitor Chairman Carr's pronouncements, the FCC's Media Bureau today released a ...
https://www.commlawcenter.com/2026/01/targeting-candidate-ap…

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Claim 12: “the FCC launched a probe into the Trump-bashing show in February after it hosted an interview with Texas Democratic US Senate candidate James Talarico, potentially violating “equal time” rules”

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Multiple sources confirm the FCC launched an investigation in February following an interview with Texas Democratic candidate James Talarico regarding equal time rules.

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web search NEUTRAL — The FCC's probe targets 'The View' over a Texas Democratic candidate's appearance, reflecting a new enforcement of equal-time rules for talk shows, affecting over 200 ABC affiliates.
https://ground.news/article/fcc-opening-probe-into-the-view-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The FCC announced in February that it had launched an investigation into The View, after the talk show interviewed James Talarico, a Texas candidate for the Senate who went on to win the Democratic pr…
https://www.aol.co.uk/articles/trump-fcc-chair-wants-public-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The equal time rule has an exception for bona fide news programs, and for 40 years, the FCC has treated virtually every talk show as covered by it. Howard Stern, Jerry Springer, and The Tonight Show a…
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/fcc-brendan-carr-the-view

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Claim 13: “Behar recently accused Trump of wanting “toddler white nationalists” in an unhinged discussion, apparently in reference to comments from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz about “Trump babies.””

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Multiple sources report that Joy Behar accused Trump of wanting 'toddler white nationalists' in response to comments by Dr. Mehmet Oz regarding 'Trump babies'.

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web search NEUTRAL — BEHAR: He wants toddler white nationalists. HOSTIN: That may be part of the intent. But as someone who also struggled with infertility, Manny and I went through our entire life savings to have our chi…
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026…

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web search NEUTRAL — "The View" co-host Joy Behar sowed racially divisive rhetoric with her latest anti-Trump screed, spewing the positively deranged accusation that the president wants to create a generation of "toddler …
https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/the-view-host-joy-beha…

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web search NEUTRAL — Behar joked Trump “wants toddler white nationalists.”The View hosts Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin slammed the Trump administration after learning of its new policies aimed at raising childbirth rates in …
https://decider.com/2026/05/12/the-views-joy-behar-sunny-hos…

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Claim 14: “The “statutory equal opportunities requirement” of the New Deal-era Communications Act of 1934 stipulates a television show that hosts a political candidate must allow his opponent to appear on the program for the same length of time”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

Wikipedia and The First Amendment Encyclopedia confirm that the equal-time rule requires broadcasters to provide equivalent access to competing political candidates.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 31, 2023 ... The federal equal time rule requires broadcasters to treat political candidates equally in terms of air time. Some see the rule as a ...
https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/equal-time-rule/

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 22, 2026 ... A man sits at a desk and lifts his finger. CBS says it warned Stephen Colbert that an interview with a politician could trigger an FCC rule ...
https://theconversation.com/why-stephen-colbert-is-right-abo…

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