FCC chairman Brendan Carr apparently did not expect the fall -out and recoil that comes from His pressure from ABC to remove Jimmy Kimmel from the sky After making a remark about Charlie Kirk’s shooter and political conviction.
On Thursday morning, Carr told another version of the story with some details that were missing.
Carr posted on X:
TV stations broadcast are always required by their licenses to work in the public interest – which includes serving the needs of their local communities. And broadcasters have long retained the right not to air national programs that they think are not consistent with the public interest, including the values ​​of their local communities. I am happy to see that many broadcasters respond to their viewers as intended.
What Carr has posted is not what happened.
Here is the video of Carr that threatens ABC on a podcast:
The full video of the podcast has been posted so that there can be no statements to be removed from the context.
Carr said, “[This] Seems to be an action by Jimmy Kimmel to play in the story that this was somehow a Maga or Republican motivated person. What people do not understand is that the broadcasters … have a license granted by the FCC, and that will be an obligation to operate in the public interest. When we see things like this, we can do this in the easy way or in the difficult way. These companies can find ways to change behavior, on Kimmel, or there will be extra work for the FCC in front. “
