As Kimmel mocks Trump, ABC's TV station licenses are under review — here's what that means
Carr says the review targets Disney’s DEI policies, two years before the licenses expire, as critics question the timing after pressure on ABC over Kimmel.
- Renewed right-wing backlash targets Jimmy Kimmel after he joked that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani 'rose from the grave,' coinciding with news the politician was hospitalized in 'critical but stable' condition on Sunday.
- President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump previously pressured ABC to fire Kimmel after he quipped the first lady glowed 'like an expectant widow' in a show filmed April 23.
- On his Weekly Show podcast, Jon Stewart defended the host, calling MAGA's attempt to frame Kimmel's comedy as an 'assault' on the White House Correspondents' Association dinner the 'land of absurdity we find ourselves in.'
- FCC Commissioner Carr initiated an early review of Walt Disney Co.'s eight ABC TV stations, an action coinciding with the First Lady's demand for the network to fire the late-night host.
- Historically, Richard Nixon's allies unsuccessfully challenged TV licenses during the Watergate scandal, while Fox Corp. faced a challenge in 2023 after paying $787 million to settle a Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit.
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Trump censorship binge angers MAGA fans
When Donald Trump returned to power in January 2025, he leaned hard into the right-wing narrative that free speech was under siege from liberal elites, Big Tech platforms and an overreaching Biden administration. He promised in his inaugural address to “immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America.” Now the conservative architects of the anti-cancel-culture movement are discovering that their hero has become t…
"Hanoi Jane" Fonda Goes Berserk After FCC Investigates ABC In Wake Of Jimmy Kimmel's Awful Comments About Melania - The American Tribune.com
Actress Jane Fonda, known to many as “Hanoi Jane” because of her treasonous antics during the Vietnam War, went berserk and denounced the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its decision to investigate ABC and review ABC’s broadcasting license after its late-night host, Jimmy Kimmel, joked about President Trump dying and Melania being an “expectant widow”. As background, Jimmy Kimmel made the horrific “joke” on a show that was aired just…
Daniel Baldwin accuses Jimmy Kimmel of fueling ‘hatred’ toward Trump after White House dinner shooting
Actor Daniel Baldwin criticized Jimmy Kimmel’s political rhetoric after the latest assassination attempt against President Donald Trump, accusing the late-night host of "planting this kind of hatred."
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