{"id":2518,"date":"2025-09-18T18:22:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2025-09-18T18:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:22:39","slug":"new-fcc-chair-floats-punishment-for-jimmy-kimmel-after-blatant-lie-about-kirk-assassin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=2518","title":{"rendered":"NEW: FCC Chair Floats Punishment For Jimmy Kimmel After Blatant Lie About Kirk Assassin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr sat down with conservative pundit Benny Johnson on his podcast, where he threatened action against late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, ABC, and Disney for misleading audiences by falsely claiming that Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassin was a MAGA conservative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirk, a conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed during an on-campus event last Wednesday at Utah Valley University by 22-year-old Tyler Robinson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carr blasted Kimmel\u2019s comments about the shooter\u2019s supposed political leanings as \u201ctruly sick,\u201d arguing the host should be immediately suspended from ABC. He further suggested the remarks could even put the network\u2019s broadcast license at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the interview, Carr said the FCC has a \u201cstrong case\u201d to hold Disney, ABC, and Kimmel accountable for spreading politically motivated disinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also Read : <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=2432\">Charlie Kirk\u2019s Memorial Service Schedule Has Been Announced<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead,\u201d Carr told Johnson. \u201cThey have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are calls for Kimmel to be fired. I think you could certainly see a path forward for suspension over this,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe FCC could make a strong argument that this is sort of an intentional effort to mislead the American people about a very core fundamental fact, a very important matter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDisney needs to see some change here. But the individual licensed stations that are taking their content, it\u2019s time for them to step up and say this garbage, if that\u2019s what continues to come down the pipe, isn\u2019t something that serves the needs of our local communities. The status quo is obviously not acceptable,\u201d Carr concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: The FCC Chairman is threatening immediate action against Jimmy Kimmel, ABC, and Disney for deliberately misleading the public by claiming Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassin was a MAGA Conservative.<br><br>Chairman Brendan Carr calls Kimmel\u2019s malicious lies are \u201ctruly sick\u201d and says they\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mGhtGMPReI\">pic.twitter.com\/mGhtGMPReI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1968359685045838041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimmel\u2019s remarks are not an isolated case. Many left-wing figures in the media, government, and broader culture have attempted to link Robinson to the MAGA movement, largely because he was raised in a conservative Christian household. But, as critics note, having conservative parents doesn\u2019t mean Robinson shared those values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, evidence and statements from family members suggest Robinson had become more politically active in recent years, developing a passion for transgender rights\u2014a shift influenced by his romantic relationship with a transgender man he lived with at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr sat down with conservative pundit Benny Johnson on his podcast, where he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions\/2520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}