FCC Chairman Opens Probe Into Disney and ABC DEI Practices: ‘Iconic’ Company ‘Recently Went All-In on DEI’

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor FCC chair Brendan Carr, after publicly musing that he might go after Disney over its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, made it official: The agency has opened a probe into DEI practices at Disney and ABC.

It’s the latest warning shot from Carr against media companies in the Trump administration’s war against DEI. “I have asked the @FCC’s Enforcement Bureau to open an investigation into Disney & ABC,” he wrote in a post on X Friday. “While Disney started as an iconic American company, it recently went all in on DEI.

I am concerned that their DEI practices may violate FCC prohibitions on invidious forms of discrimination.” A Disney spokesperson said in a statement to Variety, “We are reviewing the Federal Communications Commission’s letter, and we look forward to engaging with the commission to answer its questions.” Disney last month scaled back its DEI policies — as other companies also have done in the wake of the Trump administration’s aggressive push to eliminate DEI in government and the private sector.

In Disney’s case, the company announced that it was ending “Reimagine Tomorrow,” an initiative intended to promote stories from underrepresented communities.