WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – Disney-owned ABC said on Thursday that ‌the Federal Communications Commission’s ‌threat to revoke the network’s broadcast ​licenses is part of an unprecedented campaign of intimidation over broadcast content the Trump administration dislikes.

ABC ‌said that ⁠the FCC’s nearly unprecedented decision to order an ⁠early license review of the eight Disney-owed ABC stations is ​a warning ​from the ​government to other ‌media companies.

“The retaliation against ABC is a signal to every media company in the country: accommodate the Administration’s view of ‌what news coverage ​should look like ​or pay ​the price,” ABC said ‌in a filing, adding ​that ​the agency’s objective is “a media industry too fearful of official ​reprisal ‌to report the news freely.”

(Reporting ​by David Shepardson; Editing ​by Mark Porter)