That’s not what happened. First, the issue wasn’t about making a joke at Trump’s expense, it was about falsely claiming the shooter was MAGA, which simply isn’t the case. Second, this situation is just being used as an excuse to fire an employee whose ratings have been declining year after year. The juice isn’t worth the squeeze.
If the issue is over the factual accuracy of recent political event, that still doesnt minimize the governments involvement here, never mind the last 20+ years of non stop falsehoods on foxnews. This has very little to do with his ratings or they wouldve canned him along time ago.
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Carr, whom Trump had nominated as FCC chair, told right-wing commentator Benny Johnson earlier Wednesday that Kimmel’s comments were “truly sick,” and said there was a “strong case” for action against ABC and Disney.
“This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr told Johnson. “These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
“They have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest,” Carr said.
The FCC in March told Disney and ABC that it was launching an investigation of the companies’ efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion, known as DEI.