ABC argues Trump administration is trying to chill free speech - NPR

ABC filed a strongly worded legal brief accusing the Trump administration of trying to chill its constitutionally protected free speech and to suppress open political discussion. The dispute centers on whether The View and similar programming are subject to equal-time rules and other regulatory pressure, and ABC says actions like early license-renewal orders amount to politically motivated intimidation of broadcasters. ABC and other critics point to the administration's recent proposal for government-wide NDAs—requiring written permission for former employees to speak about designated information—as further evidence of a pattern of measures that could suppress commentary and reporting.