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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said Thursday that he believes it would be “worthwhile” to investigate whether ABC’s daytime talk show “The View” is violating broadcast rules in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.
Carr argued on “The Scott Jennings Show” that the left-leaning talk show could be violating the commission’s “equal time” rule, which requires broadcasters to provide equal opportunity to all political candidates except for a “bona fide news show.”
“Potentially, I would assume you can make the argument that The View is a bona fide news show, but I’m not so sure about that,” Carr said. “And I think it’s worthwhile to have the FCC look into whether ‘The View’ and some of these other programs that you have still qualify as bona fide news programs and therefore exempt from the equal opportunity regime that Congress has put in place.”
Carr’s suggestion came one day after another ABC program, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was suspended indefinitely over comments made by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel about the alleged Charlie Kirk assassin.
“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,” Kimmel said.
Prior to the announcement, Carr criticized ABC and Disney over Kimmel’s conduct.
“And I’ve been very clear from the moment that I have become chairman of the FCC, I want to reinvigorate the public interest. And what people don’t understand is that the broadcasters, and you’ve gotten this right, are entirely different than people that use other forms of communication. 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.
He added, “Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or, you know, there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
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