"As you probably know by now, the talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! was suspended indefinitely by ABC after the namesake host made a fairly toothless comment about the Charlie Kirk assassination. The newly MAGA-fied version of the Federal Communications Commission took umbrage with Kimmel's commentary and pressured the network to take the show off the air. The chairman of the commission, Brendan Carr, announced these plans from a characteristically ultra-partisan media outlet-a podcast belonging to the fascist influencer Benny Johnson."
""We can do this the easy way or the hard way," said Carr, ominously, about his issues with Kimmel. "These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead." This is a nakedly authoritarian flourish-not far off from state-directed censorship-and we don't really know how the situation will develop, or if Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be back on the air anytime soon."
The talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! was suspended indefinitely by ABC after the host made a toothless comment about the Charlie Kirk assassination. The MAGA-aligned Federal Communications Commission pressured the network to remove the show, and chairman Brendan Carr announced the plans on a partisan podcast hosted by Benny Johnson. Carr warned that regulators could act cooperatively or forcibly and threatened further FCC action. The move is characterized as a nakedly authoritarian flourish close to state-directed censorship. Broad backlash emerged across the political spectrum, and concerns spread that other late-night hosts and comedy programs could face similar punishments.
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