FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies earlier the House Appropriations Subcommittee connected Financial Services and General Government astatine the Rayburn House Office Building connected May 21, 2025 successful Washington, DC.
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr connected Thursday said that ABC late-night amusement big Jimmy Kimmel appeared to "mislead" the American nationalist astir facts regarding Charlie Kirk's sidesplitting successful the days starring up to his show's suspension.
ABC connected Wednesday nighttime said it was pulling "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" disconnected the aerial "indefinitely" arsenic a effect of the host's comments, which linked Kirk's alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, to President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement.
"The contented that arose here, wherever tons and tons of radical were upset, was not a joke," Carr said during an interrogation Thursday with CNBC's "Squawk connected the Street."
"It was not making fun," Carr said.
"It was appearing to straight mislead the American nationalist astir a important fact that astir apt 1 of the astir important governmental events we've had successful a agelong time, for the astir important governmental assassination we've seen successful a agelong time," helium said.
KImmel, successful his show's opening monologue Monday, said "The MAGA Gang desperately trying to qualify this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk arsenic thing different than 1 of them and doing everything they tin to people governmental points from it."
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