Press freedom advocates condemn the FCC's move to challenge Disney-owned ABC's licenses as the Trumps call for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired over a joke.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46605116

April 28, 2026

Press freedom advocates on Tuesday forcefully condemned the Republican-dominated Federal Communications Commission—and FCC Chair Brendan Carr in particular—for moving to challenge Disney-owned ABC’s broadcast licenses as President Donald Trump again pressures to network to fire late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel.

“The First Amendment and the FCC’s mandate do not permit the agency to use broadcast licenses as weapons to punish broadcasters for constitutionally protected content they air,” declared Freedom of the Press Foundation chief of advocacy Seth Stern.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      22 hours ago

      Unsure, but everyone should watch at least his monologues because they are hilarious. I don’t care too much to watch stars talking about themselves, but I tend to watch monologues from Kimmel, Meyers and Colbert. Fallon is such a simp for the both sides thing and his monologues tend to be so milquetoast as a consequence.

      • fox2263@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        22 hours ago

        I watch his monologues all the time, and Meyers and Colbert.

        Just curious what the non YouTube ratings are like as MAGA believes they’re low which means I suspect they’re pretty good since they all live in opposite land.