FCC chairman launches early review of ABC's licenses to broadcast amid Trump-Kimmel feud
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The FCC review come a day after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump called on ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for a joke he made in a mock roast of the president on his program last Thursday.
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The FCC’s move to pull forward all Disney/ABC station licenses for early review comes at a moment of heightened sensitivity around political speech and media criticism.
(CNN) — As the Trump administration pressures ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel, the Trump-aligned FCC is planning to challenge the network’s station licenses, setting up a legal battle with ABC’s parent company Disney.
The FCC is reportedly gearing up to launch a formal review of the broadcast licenses granted to Disney's ABC stations, coming after a MAGA uproar over Jimmy Kimmel's joke about Melania Trump looking like an 'expectant widow.'
The Federal Communications Commission ordered a review of Disney’s broadcast licenses as the ABC owner faces backlash from the Trump administration over Jimmy Kimmel’s controversial monologue.
The FCC review come a day after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump called on ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for a joke he made in a mock roast of the president on his program last Thursday.
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