The Walt Disney Company and its ABC television network have joined the list of media companies the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is investigating for their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices.

Carr's threat is a stretch. The FCC is empowered to enforce equal employment opportunity rules on radio and TV stations, but targeting Disney's DEI practices via its authority over ABC—one of Disney's numerous subsidiary companies —gives the impression that Carr is simply reaching for whatever means he can.

The FCC said it would look into Disney's DEI practices, raising questions about the future of creative content and who gets to make it.