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"abc",
"disney",
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"brendan carr",
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"textContent": "Brendan Carr’s FCC claims to be moving forward their their plan to “review ABC’s broadcast licenses” because Jimmy Kimmel made a joke about the president’s wife. And it’s every bit as dumb and legally baseless as you might expect. Carr has sent a letter to ABC/Disney saying he’s accelerating the review of their existing broadcast […]",
"title": "Brendan Carr ‘Launches’ His Bogus FCC ‘Review’ Of ABC Broadcast Licenses And It’s Just Pathetic And Stupid"
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