Trump FCC chair threatens “action” against Kimmel over Kirk segment

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission threatened to take action against Disney ABC and Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday after a segment on the late-night host s show about the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk On Monday Kimmel accused MAGA of attempting to number political points by painting the suspect in the Utah shooting as a radical leftist He claimed that the evidence pointed toward the gunman being a supporter of President Donald Trump We hit particular 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 Kimmel noted Related They killed Charlie The right s rush to assign blame for Kirk s killing Appearing on right-wing commentator Benny Johnson s talk show FCC Chair Brendan Carr accused Kimmel of the sickest conduct realizable and threatened to revoke broadcast licenses from ABC affiliates What people don t understand is that the broadcasters have a license granted by us at the FCC and that comes with an obligation to operate in the masses interest he stated When we see stuff like this Look we can do this the easy way or the hard way Carr noted that Kimmel took part in a very concerted effort to lie to the American people about Robinson s political views and noted the FCC has remedies for Kimmel Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Module I think you could certainly see a path forward for a suspension over this Carr disclosed Carr s threats come in the midst of conservative outrage over the reaction to Kirk s killing The Trump administration has called for people making light of Kirk s death to face consequences including being fired from their jobs Conservative organizations and influencers have spent the days since Kirk s death collecting evidence of people celebrating Kirk s death When you see someone celebrating Charlie s murder call them out And hell call their employer Vice President JD Vance explained on Monday Watch the interview below via YouTube Read more about Trump s FCC Trump FCC threatens radio station for reporting on ICE raid expanding assault on press freedom Trump s hand-picked FCC head Carr launches investigations into NPR and PBS FCC approves Paramount Skydance merger The post Trump FCC chair threatens action against Kimmel over Kirk segment appeared first on Salon com