"ABC took comic Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the air indefinitely Wednesday, just hours after Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr called his comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination truly sick. Carr is a longtime FCC commissioner named as chairman by President Donald Trump in November. In the months since, he has launched investigations of ABC, CBS and NBC news. Americans no longer trust the legacy national news media to report fully, accurately, and fairly."
"Carr is a longtime FCC commissioner The FCC regulates broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband. Carr was already a longtime member of the commission and served previously as the FCC's general counsel. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate three times and both Trump and President Joe Biden nominated him to the commission. Before joining the commission as a staff member in 2012, he worked as an attorney at Wiley Rein LLP and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit."
ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the air indefinitely after FCC chairman Brendan Carr called Kimmel's comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination "truly sick." Carr is a longtime FCC commissioner and former general counsel who was unanimously confirmed by the Senate three times and nominated by both Trump and Biden. Before joining the commission in 2012, he worked as an attorney at Wiley Rein LLP and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Carr has embraced Trump's ideas about social media and tech and contributed an FCC section to Project 2025. He opened probes into Disney/ABC for alleged DEI discrimination and separate investigations into CBS and NBC news, asserting broadcasters must operate in the public interest.
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