FCC Chair Threatens Jimmy Kimmel Over Charlie Kirk Monologue Comments
Brendan Carr suggested taking action against ABC affiliates following the late night host's comments about the suspected Kirk shooter's politics.
“This] appears to be an action by Jimmy Kimmel to play into the narrative that this was somehow a MAGA or Republican-motivated person,” Carr said. “What people don’t understand is that the broadcasters … have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest. When we see stuff like this, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
Welcome to your fascist state, ladies and gentlemen. If you don't kiss the ring and grease the palms, then you're out.
look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way.
Said exactly like a thug in a mob movie.
Counterpoint: what is the FCC going to do to physically stop them? Jam the signal? Send in men with guns?
We have a rule on the book that interprets the public interest standard that says ‘news distortion’ is something that is prohibited
Unbelievable. Nobody tell Fox News
If Fox News has straight-face lied to its viewers ONLY 25 times a day for the past 29 years, that’s 264,625 actual lies, not jokes.
So after Fox publicly and explicitly apologizes 264,625 times for each of its egregious lies, we can then entertain the idea of apologizing for delivering truth in the form of a joke on a comedy show.
Guys, the FCC content rules only apply to Broadcast stations, like ABC. Fox News is cable. Its content is not regulated by the FCC at all. They don't have jurisdiction.
It’s pathetic what Trump and his band of goons are doing to America.
I almost moved to the US at one point. It’s never been perfect but I grew up seeing it as a force that did bring about a lot of good in the world.
This is pathetic.
“Not in the public interest,” that line is going to get squeezed for all its worth.
Not in honor of the King, I guess. The hard way is starting to sound like a far better option. Anybody know a spine?
Softest president and party of all time 🤣
Even the president who died like a few weeks into his presidency because he didn't wanna go see a doctor was a better president.
Where is Millard Fillmore when we need him?!
These little piss babies and their cancel culture.
Edit: no longer just a threat. https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/nexstar-jimmy-kimmel-abc-charlie-kirk-1236522584/
This would be much harder if we hadn’t just spent 40 years rubber stamping every corporate merger and let companies like Nexstar and Sinclair buy up all the local tv stations.
and now all the networks are consolidating under conservative control. we probably expect to see more right wing shifts of the news, plus copaganda, governmetng ganda shows.
Took them like half an hour to escalate, what fuckers
Is there a good way to cancel these media networks that cave like removedass cowards?
Ask the people who dealt with the Nazi collaborators.
Emperor Manicula's tweet.
This is the President of the United States, tweeting about a talk show host. Everything has gone to shit so quickly and thoroughly that sometimes you have to take a step outside of it, back to the before times, to clear your head... and then you are once again returned to the realization that the fucking President is tweeting about talk show hosts.
Man, this guy is a fucking loser.
You need to be part of the solution, not sit on the sidelines and wait for someone else to fix it. You know its fucked. I know it's fucked. That sentiment needs to resonate from the halls of power like the wrath of thunder from the combined voices of everyone who knows its fucked. Political action needs to become an everyday habit.
For real. I know we all know he's not really doing the work expected of his office already, but the fact he has the time and energy to care about such petty, childish things further confirms it.
Fox News it literally calling for the execution of homeless people. How is that not hate speech?
Amd two separate shooting happen at homeless camps today. Yeah fuck FCC and fuck nazis
They don’t see the homeless as people
I mean, the FCC does not have any power over the content of cable television stations like Fox News. Not that they would do anything if they could, the hypocrites, but still. ABC is a Broadcast station, the content of which is in the FCC's purview, so it's not exactly apples to apples. Doesn't mean it's not partisan reactionary bullshit.
Rules for thee, but not for me.
It is.
We are already there folks...
So to clarify.. Jimmy Kimmel did not even mention Charlie Kirk in this monologue more than as a reference to the killer.
he literally said
We hit 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 doing everything they can to score political points from it.
To classify this as "removed over comments about Charlie Kirk" is insane! He was talking about his killer and the reason he was removed was clarified by the FCC chair.
[This] appears to be an action by Jimmy Kimmel to play into the narrative that this was somehow a MAGA or Republican-motivated person” - Brendan Carr
Yet all the headlines read "for comments about Charlie Kirk"!
Should all be saying "Removed for commenting on MAGAs actions following this shooting"
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Kirk is about to become a MAGA-Martyr, so any comment about his death is a sacrilege to them.
It s for the obvious lie about the intent and political association regarding the shooter. I think him being remove isn't the great, but he should be oblige to comme back on that statement which was a lie and tell the truth
... he should be oblige to comme back on that statement which was a lie and tell the truth.
Bullshit. This is such a disingenuous argument.
MAGA immediately lied about the shooter being left, making their entire base hostile. Especially towards all non-MAGA Americans that don't believe the 100% bullshit coming from Trumps mouth at a literal record setting pace.
Do you feel the same need to have clarifying statements come from every lying sack of MAGA hatred that said the shooter was left immediately with no evidence?
You know, literally all of them?
Because unlike Kimmel, they immediately used the death of one of their own to further antagonize their perceived political enemies despite a complete lack of evidence.
But sure, let's hold Kimmel to the "Truth" and not the unquestionable evil of using the dead for personal gain - that needs no apologies. Might as well ignore this behaviour despite it being responsible for 70% of public shootings the last 10 years too. Seeing that's now a fact this admin just deleted from the DOJ because they don't like it. Is you desire for the truth here too, as it is literally being covered up?
In what way do you feel Kimmel telling the truth is far better for our society as a whole?
Because there is no need to get angry over Kimmel for needing to "tell the truth." It's not like his lie killed more Americans than all the wars we ever fought in combined like COVID has.
So no offense, but it's obviously the truth is very far from what you are looking for here. What it sounds like you want from Kimmel is fealty.
If you read his quote above there is no lie in that line. The right have been trying to distance themselves from the shooter and have been using it to score political points as either of the party does with a situation they can use. (Although this administration is actively spreading disinformation)
Kirk on the last South Park episode:
"We as conservatives have thick skin, not thin skin, and you can make fun of us and it doesn’t matter."
I guess he didn't know his audience.
Fuck Brendan Carr
First awhatment to the U.S. Constwhatution?
At this point I consider the US government to be fully illegitimate. POTUS doesn't uphold the constitution. Congress doesn't uphold the constitution. SCOTUS wipes its ass with the constitution.
Understandable. We're in some deep shit. Assholes breaking down the walls to rip out the copper while we're still living in the building. I'm hoping they touch the wrong wire and electrocute themselves before they can finish jackhammering through the foundation but things aren't looking great.
Holy shit. I love Tenn Hollar. Surprised to see it here.
ABC fucking took him off the air:
Walt Disney-owned ABC confirmed on Wednesday, Sept. 17, that it will indefinitely suspend "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" after the head of the Federal Communications Commission condemned comments made by the Emmy-winning comedian.
So give that the FCC was threatening him, I wonder if he would have a case for 1st amendment violation case against this the Trump admin.
Are you fr? Do you really think "the system" will solve any of these problems?? Lol. Lmfao even
Let's see what the Supreme Court has to say? Oh wait...
Snowflakes
Here it goes donald. Fuck you. Fuck that cunt kirk. And rubio. Fuck GOP. Fuck you all, bastards.
May they all become memorial fountains.
Mmm freeze peach
If theyre not banning fox news over the murders, why do we give a single shit what the FCC says? Do they have shooters?
https://particle.news/share/O9B1V
His show has been pulled indefinitely.
First Colbert, now Kimmel.
They need to remove all voices that arent filtered through a technocrat owned algorithm.
We're just partway through the reality reshaping process. Give it 5 years and, in a worst case scenario, we will be debating if women are actually people. One side will say no, the other side will be both sidesing it and everyone else will have either left the country or given up.
FCC: Kill the homeless? We cool.
FCC: Was kirk gusher's shooter a MAGA person? That is to far.
Can anyone direct me to or link me to the exact monologue in question? I’m not certain which is the one the article is referencing.
Damn, Democrats weaponizing government agenices to push their radical left beliefs!
Oh wait, that accusation was just a confession. Another piece of evidence for that claim.
The Daily Show is probably next.
I think if they were going to go it would have been before the Skydance merger, like Colbert.
<Famous last words>
Kimmel has a italian citizenship, so he can jump ship anytime and leave the us forever. too bad people like ellen degeners, miley kunis and asthon kutcher left without facing consequences.
This is fucking BULLSHIT. THE HELL HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY?
Well, first this one loser had this stupid idea about a book of faces, but a bunch of Russians and some other evil people like peter thiel invested in it and all the politicians were bought and paid for and this heritage group had some foundations they created and the masses were consumed with distraction and shiny things and self absorbed regurgitation not realizing they were actually being brainwashed and conditioned and feeding the system which would ultimately lead to their destruction.
Tada!
Simple! Cowardice.
Yeah this seems to not be about Kirk at all. They're upset that he pointed out that it's all a distraction from the Trump/Epstein list.
He should switch to Peertube.
It's confirmed, it is rock and roll to make fun of piss baby tpusa shit head charlie kirk. "The Man" and the government don't like it when you do.
Little kids are gonna eat this up. I'm glad he's gone joking about him infuriates the right people who suck.
I make girls squirt like Charlie's neck. I'm not afraid of W.A.P unlike Charlie's replacement.
Suck it, everyone needs to roast him and them.
I make girls squirt like Charlie's neck
Ahahaha
Reminds me of another one I heard: you could tell Charlie Kirk wasn't a real conservative like Nancy Reagan, throat game was weak
Why does America fear Trump so much? I don’t get it.
He has an army of violent intimidators threatening any political opposition. Politicians on both sides have been threatened and will be killed. Mussolini had his black shirts, Hitler has the SS, Trump has his Proud Boys.
Ah, yes, the Proud Boys and their Pride Parade. Got it.
While the FCC is being weaponized by MAGA, I can't imagine any show or news outlet is safe. Not just because of POTUS being a snowflake but because they want to rewrite history and change the narrative.
I'm hopeful that with the genie out of the bottle, this can be reversed with a vengeance. Sanity needs to hold out long enough for these people to be out of power, though, and I'm not certain it will without people fighting back on a united front.
Equal protection clause says what?
Holy fuck trump is going full putin
Well he is massively built up by him and also krasnov.
This is stupid. That said, calling for the FCC to regulate Fox isn't going to happen. They don't have jurisdiction over cable channels. Find another way to get fox to fire their aspiring mass murderer.
Freedom and democracy.... cough cough