US EditionTrump's FCC Head Criticized Censorship. Then He Threatened Disney and ABC
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live after FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened action over Kimmel's comments on Charlie Kirk's murder, sparking political backlash and calls for Carr's resignation.
- On Wednesday, American Broadcasting Company , owned by Disney, pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air indefinitely after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened regulatory remedies in a podcast.
- Earlier this year, Brendan Carr, Federal Communications Commission Chairman, cited FCC rules on hoaxes and news distortion and called Jimmy Kimmel's remarks `truly sick`, urging networks to operate in the public interest with possible remedies.
- Shortly thereafter, Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group told affiliates to stop carrying Jimmy Kimmel, while at least 200 protesters gathered in Burbank and roughly 100 in New York City.
- On Thursday, House Democrats called for Carr's resignation and Trump supported him, while the GOP committee tabled a subpoena motion 24-21 amid Democratic outrage.
- Critics noted Brendan Carr's ties to Project 2025 and said there's no legal basis for license revocation over a single statement, raising free speech concerns.
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WSJ editors tear into Trump's top FCC bureaucrat as US careens into 'dark corners'
The Wall Street Journal editorial board took a sledgehammer to President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, over his role in strong-arming Disney to indefinitely suspend late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel's ABC show after he criticized how Trump and his supporters ha...
Disney Faces Protests for Benching Jimmy Kimmel Amid Pressure From FCC, Station Affiliates and Trump
Disney faced the consequences of its decision to yank “Jimmy Kimmel Live” off the air as protestors gathered Thursday outside the Mouse House’s headquarters in Burbank and New York. The crowds slammed ABC, Disney and Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Carr set off a chain of events Wednesday with his comments in […]
By Brian Stelter, CNN When Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr suggested that Jimmy Kimmel should be suspended, saying, “We can do this by fair means or foul,” ABC and its local affiliates were listening. Within hours, ABC suspended Kimmel’s show “indefinitely,” a stunning move that has raised serious First Amendment concerns. “Trump officials are repeatedly abusing their power to stop ideas they don’t like, deciding who can …
Trump's FCC chair thinks TV stations should 'get to decide what the American people think'
Explaining the “massive shift” he intends to impose on the focus of the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Brendan Carr announced that he will take America back to the era when local television stations shaped what the American people “think.”“So again,” Carr told Fox News on Thursday, “we’re going back to that era when local TV stations, judging the public interest, get to decide what the American people think.”“And again, we’re constr…
'Massive Shift': FCC Chair Says Local TV Will ‘Decide What the American People Think’
Explaining the “massive shift” he intends to impose on the focus of the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Brendan Carr announced that he will take America back to the era when local television stations shaped what the American people “think.” “So again,” Carr told Fox News on Thursday, “we’re going back to that era when local TV stations, judging the public interest, get to decide what the American people think.” “And again, we’re cons…
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