NPR - NPR's Tamara Keith tells Up First that the FCC holds significant power, including having jurisdiction over mergers and the ability to fine stations and pull broadcast licenses. But one Democratic member of the FCC tells her that Carr can't pull a license just because the administration doesn't like a joke or criticism. Trump has been campaigning against Kimmel for months over his criticism of him, so he is thrilled with the show’s suspension. Ilya Somin, a constitutional law expert at the CATO Institute, informed Keith that government power is being used to weaponize speech. He explained that while the First Amendment doesn’t guarantee job security, it does prevent the government from attempting to have you fired for something you said.
NBC News - Comedy hosts including Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert criticize Kimmel's suspension
USA Today - President Donald Trump said overwhelming negative coverage about him by television networks should be grounds for the Federal Communications Commission to revoke broadcast licenses.
People - Jimmy Kimmel has been given a list of demands to return to air by Sinclair, the broadcasting company with the nation's largest ABC affiliate group:
- The requests come after ABC "indefinitely" pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air after the host's recent comments about Charlie Kirk, the conservative political commentator who was killed on Sept. 10
- Sinclair is asking Kimmel to issue an apology to Kirk's family and to make a "meaningful personal donation" to Kirk's family and Kirk's nonprofit, Turning Point USA
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