As reported by Variety, a letter showing support was signed by a slew of leftist organizations and delivered to Disney CEO Josh D’Amero. The news distortion policy has never authorized the type of interference with editorial discretion that the petitions call for. In fact, they took it a step further and demanded that the FCC repeal their policy to examine and discipline broadcasters for “news distortion.” “Both petitions ask the Commission to scrutinize and second-guess ABC’s editorial decisions at the microscopic level—word choices, fact-checks, the number of minutes spent covering particular topics, even personnel. Yes, ABC does have editorial discretion.