Brendan Carr, Jimmy Kimmel and FCC
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Evidently, the FCC chief was against forcing broadcasters to operate “in the public interest” before he was for it.
Republican Senator Rand Paul, along with other politicians, criticized FCC Chair Brendan Carr's threats against Disney for airing 'Jimmy Kimmel Live.' Paul's stance emphasized free speech and opposed government intervention.
ABC has taken Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the air indefinitely. The decision came hours after FCC chairman Brendan Carr criticized Kimmel's comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination as “truly sick.
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Brendan Carr's Threats On Networks May Be "Jawboning", And Courts Don't Like It, Legal Experts Say
In the 24 hours after ABC announced it was pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s show off the air, FCC chairman Brendan Carr has made a wave of media appearances, on CNBC, Fox News and a podcast, and he’s made more threats.
Sen. Ted Cruz called it "unbelievably dangerous" for FCC Chairman Brendon Carr to pressure ABC to pull Jimmy Kimmel's show off the airwaves.
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said that ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's show indefinitely may not be "the last shoe to drop."
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.
First he said a terrible thing about Charlie,” Trump said. “He also suffers from the fact that he’s got no ratings, a deadly combination.”