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Kimmel's ABC show won't air interview with Democrat because of Trump FCC threats
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ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel said he will be interviewing a Democratic candidate for Senate tonight, but the interview will be on YouTube only and not broadcast on TV because of threats made by the Federal Communications Commission.
Key facts
- In April, the Carr FCC ordered an early license review for all eight TV stations owned by ABC
- The reporter has interviewed a lot of political candidates, from Hillary Clinton to Ted Cruz to Donald Trump himself
- ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel said he will be interviewing a Democratic candidate for Senate tonight, but the interview will be on YouTube only and not broadcast on TV because of threats made by the Federal
- The reporter interviewed Donald Trump when he was running for president in 2015, and at that time when he was the one sitting next to me, he seemed to have no problem with the idea of talk show hosts
Summary
Kimmel has been a prime target in the Trump FCC’s attacks on ABC and its owner, Disney. In previous years, such an interview would have aired on the broadcast show via local stations throughout the country, Kimmel said. “I’ll be interviewing James Talarico tomorrow night under unusual circumstances,” Kimmel told the audience on Wednesday. But as Kimmel said, “something has changed.” Disney suspended Kimmel briefly last year after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened to revoke the licenses of ABC stations for “news distortion” if they continued to air Kimmel’s show.