ABC, FCC and Jimmy Kimmel
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said Jimmy Kimmel’s comments about the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk “appeared to mislead the public about a significant fact.”
He also aired a clip showing Trump’s brief response to a question about how he was handling Kirk’s death. It showed Trump quickly pivoting to discussing the ballroom he’s building at the White House. But the bigger controversy stemmed from another comment about Kirk’s suspected shooter.
President Donald Trump hailed Brendan Carr as a “warrior for free speech” when he tapped him as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, the independent agency that regulates the broadcast t
Nexstar on Thursday denied that its decision to pull 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' off the air was due to comments hours earlier by FCC Chair Brendan Carr.
President Donald Trump suggested the Federal Communications Commission reexamine licenses for television networks that criticize him.
Democratic leaders assailed the Trump administration’s role in taking late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC show off the air, setting an early battle line as the White House signaled it’s targeting critics on the left in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing.
ABC announced Wednesday that "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" would be taken off the air indefinitely amid pressure from the FCC over comments Kimmel made earlier this week about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
FCC chairman and Trump attack dog Brendan Carr revealed the next show he’ll “look into” after his threats against Jimmy Kimmel prompted ABC to yank the comedian off the air. Carr spoke to conservative commentator Scott Jennings Thursday afternoon,
Kimmel's show was pulled after the regulator threatened action over the host's comments about Charlie Kirk's alleged killer.
The president's latest comments come after FCC chair Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee, threatened ABC affiliates if they continued to carry Jimmy Kimmel's show following his remarks about the alleged Charlie Kirk shooter.