Would the FCC Really Shut Down ABC over Kimmel’s Tasteless Trump Joke?
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…
“Assault on the First Amendment”: Dem. FCC Commissioner on Megamergers & Trump Targeting Kimmel, ABC
As President Trump continues to attack media organizations and journalists, we speak with a sitting member of the Federal Communications Commission about how the administration has weaponized the FCC to go after his perceived enemies in the media. Anna Gomez is the sole Democratic commissioner on the FCC, which is currently operating with just three commissioners instead of the usual five. She criticizes the agency’s recently announced review of
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