FCC is investigating Disney and ABC for DEI initiatives

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

March 28, 2025, 4:21 PM EDT / Source: CNBC


The Federal Communications Commission has alerted the Walt Disney Company and its ABC unit that it will begin an investigation into the diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the media giant.

The FCC, the agency that regulates the media and telecommunications industry, said in a letter dated Friday that it wants to “ensure that Disney and ABC have not been violating FCC equal employment opportunity regulations by promoting invidious forms of DEI discrimination.”

“We are reviewing the Federal Communications Commission’s letter, and we look forward to engaging with the commission to answer its questions,” a Disney spokesperson told CNBC.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who was recently appointed by President Donald Trump, began a similar investigation into Comcast and NBCUniversal in early February.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/fcc-investigating-disney-abc-dei-initiatives-rcna198647

[CentralMass]

1. F'cking Nazi regime.

[Kid Berwyn]

30. Intimidate the Press

First step toward controlling the Press.

And it’s why the Founders named only one business in the entire Constitution — the First Amendment guarantees freedom of the press.

[AZJonnie]

2. The trial is going to be a hoot

I can see the FCC lawyers in court, inquiring as to how Disney came to hire Pocahontas, Coco, Moana, and the Genie from Aladdin when there were perfectly good white cartoon characters they could've hired.

"Your Honor, the government would like to enter into the record documents showing that there hasn't been a new Snow White movie in DECADES, not even a sequel! They've made lots of sequels, but not Snow White, and we'll be presenting evidence to the jury showing exactly why that is!

Also, we have witnesses who will testify that Ms. Snow's agent Max McWhyterson has been blacklisted by Disney's goons, and also that their DEI-hired lawyers have been in contact with the representative for the Sesame Street characters "Bert and Ernie" recently!

The jury will also be hearing from lawyers from the estates of the white actors who appeared in the beloved Disney classic "The Song of the South" who have unfairly seen their royalties trickle to 0 over the past 30 years due to Disney ceasing to sell that product (as well as its associated promotional merchandise) because DEI! Its estimated that the portion of revenue lost from the elementary school sector alone has cost the families upwards of US$12B over that time span!

Your Honor, the PEOPLE DEMAND ANSWERS!"

[BumRushDaShow]

5. And the star "obscenity" that must be eliminated would be

[no_hypocrisy]

3. What does the FCC want ABC to do?

Fire Michael Strahan and Robin Roberts from GMA?

Tell Kelly Ripa to get a white husband?

[The Grand Illuminist]

18. Take The View off the air.

nt

[Hornedfrog2000]

4. Maybe ABC

Should write him another check to appease his racism and bigotry? Seemed to work last time.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Write a big check and hire only while christian males who are drug addicts and rapists.

[perdita9]

7. The harassment of private companies by the government...

...is going to piss off the monied class. The FCC can target them and, if they cave, the public will organize boycotts like the did with Target and Wal-Mart.

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. One can only hope that this might trigger some of these oligarchs to realize that they are not safe from him.

But, they all seem so far up that orange ass that they cannot see anything but his swollen roids, which they think is just more gold coming their way.

The list of who sold this nation out in the name of a green piece of paper is a very, very long one. We need to start making sure to point this out.

Even when it may include those who claim one ideology but practice another.

[heckles65]

9. About the hundreth time I've said this...

if I was cynical and had the choice between benefiting from white privilege and DEI, I'd take the former, hands down. (I'm white BTW.)

[Crowman2009]

10. Now matter how much these networks kiss his orange ass, he'll still go after them.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Bingo!

[wordstroken]

19. Yep!

[AllaN01Bear]

11. what business is it theirs.

[Blue_Roses]

13. This is so stupid

something has got to give...🙄

[NowsTheTime]

14. They sure do keep one-upping themselves!

[Evolve Dammit]

15. More insanity. The cruelty is the point and the mission. n/t

[ificandream]

16. Investigating diversity and equality? Only in a dictatorship ...

It's disgusting how low these morons will go.

[LudwigPastorius]

17. Go fuck yourselves.

If the words "small government" ever comes out of a Republican's mouth again, I'm going to slap them.

[Initech]

20. MAGA doesn't care about children.

[dlk]

21. Treating people fairly is now a problem

How far we have fallen.

[lostnfound]

29. The easiest way to get them off your back is to promote many straight white male republicans

they have a list to give you.

[tishaLA]

22. This is ABC's reward for settling that lawsuit

He knows he can push them around even more.

Pay attention, law firms that are caving to his cravenness.

[GoreWon2000]

24. ABC was stupid to settle that lawsuit

that was really a technicality. Some of the law firms are beginning to fight back.

[GoreWon2000]

23. tRump wants white anglo, male DEI only

Hegseth and Waltz proved this week that tRump's white, anglo, male only DEI is a catastrophic failure that is endangering our country's national security.

[ironman_25]

25. Time to right the ship

Trump and his hideous minions rally around everything awful and deplorable. Elon Musk acts like celebrity when he should have nothing to do with the institutions of this country, let alone making thousands unemployed. I hope all the knuckle dragging mouth breathers that voted making this possible are proud. Then again they have very few floating brain cells and probably lack the capability to feel shame.

[turbinetree]

26. Did ABC bend the knee to this asshole on another issue..............

did any of these organization not report what happened in World War II ...............or is their bottom line more important than a democracy...........so the FCC is fucking firing people ........................how's that equal employment rule working out for them over at the FCC..............nothing to see here.............JFC..................

[2naSalit]

27. Go ahead and 'investive'...

And while they're at it they can fuck all the way off.

[JohnnyRingo]

28. I can't believe they can order a publicly held corporation....

...on their hiring and promotions practices.

There's a difference between governing and policing.
And they don't seem capable of the former.