Court Sides with CWA and Rejects Trump FCC Attempt to Scrap Media-Ownership Limits

On Monday, a federal court delivered a forceful rebuke of the Trump Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s efforts to eliminate crucial limits on local-media ownership that protect workers, consumers, and communities' access to local news.

CWA, along with allies including Common Cause, Free Press, the Media Mobilizing Project, and attorneys from the Georgetown Law Institute of Public Representation, challenged the Trump FCC's ruling for its failure to address the impact of this radical deregulation on race and gender diversity in broadcasting.

The court agreed in full with CWA and the group's argument that the Commission "did not adequately consider the effect its sweeping rule changes will have on ownership of broadcast media by women and racial minorities," and rejected the FCC's decision to scrap these rules.