FCC Chairman Warns ABC Over Jimmy Kimmel Comment About Charlie Kirk Assassination Suspect
The chairman of the FCC is warning of potential action over a comment that Jimmy Kimmel made on his monologue about the suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
It’s the latest example of Brendan Carr‘s attacks on the content traditional broadcast networks, even though the agency has expressly said that its authority over programming is limited.
Kimmel said on his show this week, “We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.”
On Benny Johnson’s podcast, Carr called Kimmel’s comment “some of the sickest conduct possible.”
“There are avenues here for the FCC, so there are some ways in which I need to be a little careful, because I could be called wholly yo become a judge on some of these claims that come up.”
He added, “Frankly, when you see stuff like this, I mean, we can do this the easy way, or these companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
ABC and The Walt Disney Co. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
More to come.
