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The equal opportunities rule applies to appearances by qualified candidates for office during a period preceding an election. The View does not make a habit of having candidates as guests, although in the fall of 2024 both Harris and Walz appeared. The thing is that if trump and vance thought they were entitled to equal "time" they could have made a request and the issue of whether the show is an exempt bona fide news program would have been presented to the FCC -- which almost certainly would have, based on precedent, concluded it was exempt.

The FCC doesn't issue sue sponge opinions on whether a program is or isn't a bona fide news show. Someone would have to ask the FCC for a rolling. What Carr is trying to is deter the View from hosting candidates going forward by, essentially, encouraging a competing candidate to file a complaint. Of course, what the View could do is pre-empt the issue by offering time for an appearance by the other candidate.