{"id":17068,"date":"2025-10-14T17:36:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=17068"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:36:18","slug":"kimmel-could-face-federal-probe-over-charlie-kirk-comments-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=17068","title":{"rendered":"Kimmel Could Face Federal Probe Over Charlie Kirk Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Now-former late-night host Jimmy Kimmel may face a federal review after telling viewers that Charlie Kirk\u2019s suspected killer was a MAGA supporter.<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Wednesday on conservative podcaster Benny Johnson\u2019s show that he is weighing an investigation into Kimmel and ABC over the comments. The remarks referred to 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who prosecutors say fatally shot Kirk during a university event in Orem, Utah.<\/p>\n

Authorities have described Robinson as holding leftist political views, not ties to the MAGA movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at the conduct that has taken place by Jimmy Kimmel, it appears to be some of the sickest conduct possible,\u201d Carr told Johnson.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs you\u2019ve indicated, there are avenues here for the FCC, so there\u2026 are some ways in which I need to be a little bit careful because we could be called ultimately to be a judge on some of these claims that come up,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Kimmel mentioned Robinson during his Monday evening monologue.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe 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,\u201d he claimed in a comment that outraged conservatives.<\/p>\n

In response to Kimmel\u2019s remarks, Carr suggested suspending the host could be among several possible \u201cremedies\u201d under consideration.<\/p>\n

Carr told ABC and its parent company, Disney, that such one-sided political content could put their broadcast license in jeopardy. He argued that airing assertions with political implications, especially about controversial figures during a highly charged case like Kirk\u2019s assassination, might violate FCC standards.<\/p>\n

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Kimmel, meanwhile, has resisted calls to apologize. He reportedly told executives he would not \u201ckowtow\u201d to political pressure from the right, and signaled he intends to stand by his statements. This response, sources say, was not well received by ABC leadership, who were already worried about backlash from affiliates and advertisers.<\/p>\n

Adding to the tension, influential broadcast groups Sinclair and Nexstar \u2014 both of which syndicate ABC content \u2014 warned they could pull ABC shows in affected markets. Advertiser concerns also mounted, creating a multifront pressure campaign against the network.<\/p>\n

At one point, host Johnson asked Carr what action might be appropriate, suggesting Kimmel issue an on-air apology. \u201cI think what you said there strikes me as a very reasonable, minimal step that can be taken,\u201d the FCC boss said.<\/p>\n

Carr then broached how President Donald Trump took on the \u201clegacy media\u201d during last year\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd one thing that President Trump did when he ran for office here is ran directly at that legacy media establishment,\u201d he said. \u201cHe smashed a fa\u00e7ade that they get to control what we say, what we think, the narrative around events.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then said \u201cwe\u2019re seeing a lot of consequences that are flowing from President Trump doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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