FCC Chair Brendan Carr harshly criticized Jimmy Kimmel for calling Charlie Kirk’s suspected shooter a MAGA Republican, suggesting ABC affiliates could face license reviews if such “news distortion” continued.
In an interview with YouTuber Benny Johnson, Carr said affiliates risk license revocation if they keep airing Kimmel’s show without changes, floated the possibility of suspension or firing, and invoked the FCC’s public interest rules.
Carr linked his warning to broader Trump-era media shake-ups — including Colbert’s Late Show cancellation, defunding of NPR and PBS, and pressure on CBS News — arguing that Disney (ABC’s parent company) must rein in Kimmel.
