{"id":3068,"date":"2025-09-17T21:51:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2025-09-17T21:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:51:40","slug":"fcc-chair-brendan-carr-threatens-abc-and-disney-over-jimmy-kimmels-remarks-about-charlie-kirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3068","title":{"rendered":"FCC chair Brendan Carr threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s remarks about Charlie Kirk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/action-bar\/instances\/cmfof52hj000r2cqf2phhe690@published\" data-label-id-prefix=\"action-bar-start-of-article\" class=\"action-bar\" data-dynamic-breakpoint-placement=\"{&quot;extraLarge&quot;:{&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;.layout-article-elevate__left&quot;}}\" 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Communications Commission\u2019s Trump-aligned chairman on Wednesday threatened to \u201ctake action\u201d against Disney and ABC over Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s recent comments about Charlie Kirk\u2019s suspected killer.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfoftbjj000a3b6nyb5v4f8t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            During his Monday evening monologue, Kimmel suggested Kirk\u2019s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, might have been a pro-Trump Republican. \u201cThe MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cIn between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfofmxac00003b6nph8nq2g6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The ABC late-night host\u2019s remarks constituted \u201cthe sickest conduct possible,\u201d FCC chair Brendan Carr <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1968359685045838041\" target=\"_blank\">told right-wing podcaster<\/a> Benny Johnson on Wednesday. Carr suggested his FCC could move to revoke ABC affiliate licenses as a way to force Disney to punish Kimmel.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfof5i0u00023b6pm50qexlp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe can do this the easy way or the hard way,\u201d Carr said. \u201cThese companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there\u2019s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfog0w0q000k3b6ndhio1fml@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Carr added that the broadcasters, including ABC, \u201chave a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfog6ed3000v3b6noqp6yj83@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Elsewhere in the interview, Carr attacked Kimmel as \u201ctalentless\u201d and suggested the late-night comedian\u2019s comments displayed \u201csome sort of desperate irrelevance.\u201d Disney and ABC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfof5i0u00083b6pzzykl6lk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            This was not the first time Carr has gone after ABC in recent months. In July, the Trump appointee <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/the-view-joy-behar-trump-fcc-1236467790\/\" target=\"_blank\">told Fox News<\/a> that long-running daytime talk show \u201cThe View\u201d is \u201cnow in the crosshairs of this administration\u201d over co-host Joy Behar\u2019s scathing criticism of President Trump.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfogdu8q00143b6nkju4nqe2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kimmel has also been a frequent target of President Trump\u2019s ire. 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