FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens 'The View'
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr told Hannity that ABC affiliates were right to drop Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday, saying broadcasters must serve the public interest and not politics.
Top U.S. media regulator Brendan Carr has sparked outrage and calls for his resignation from Democratic lawmakers and other critics after he pressured Walt Disney to stop running a late-night talk show.
The post Brendan Carr defended free speech — until he went after Jimmy Kimmel appeared first on Salon.com. Many believe Kimmel's suspension, done in response to comments made about Charlie Kirk's assassination, is a violation of free speech.
Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, publicly suggested that Kimmel had contributed to a “concerted effort to try to lie to the American people.” He underscored the FCC’s control over the broadcast licenses issued to local ...
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz says FCC chairman Brendan Carr sounded more like an organized crime boss than a federal regulator when he threatened to yank ABC’s
Republicans are splitting on FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s pressure tactics. "We all should be very cautious" about regulating speech, one GOP senator told POLITICO.
The FCC chair's latest comments come after he condemned 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' for remarks made about the Charlie Kirk shooter. Jimmy Kimmel's show was later "indefinitely" suspended by ABC.
President Donald Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Thursday denied that the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show was the result of government censorship.