FCCs Carr Jimmy Kimmel misled on Charlie Kirk killing - WE'RE NOT DONE YET! MORE TO COME LATER.

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FCC Chair Carr says ‘we’re not done yet’ after Jimmy Kimmel suspension by ABC

Published Thu, Sep 18 20259:53 AM EDTUpdated 17 Min Ago

Key Points

• Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr told CNBC that ABC late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel appeared to “mislead” the American public about facts regarding Charlie Kirk’s killing in the days leading up to his show’s suspension.

• ABC on Wednesday said it was pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely.”

FCC Chair Brendan Carr: ‘We’re not done yet’ seeing the consequences of shifting media ecosystem

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said Thursday that ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel appeared to “mislead” the American public about facts regarding conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing in the days leading up to his show’s suspension.

Carr also told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that “we’re not done yet” with the changes in “the media ecosystem” that are consequences of President Donald Trump’s election last fall.

ABC on Wednesday night said it was pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely” because of the host’s comments, which linked Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.

“The issue that arose here, where lots and lots of people were upset, was not a joke,” Carr said Thursday on CNBC.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr: Jimmy Kimmel appeared to ‘mislead’ public on Charlie Kirk killing

“It was not making fun,”said Carr, who hours before Kimmel’s show was pulled off the air suggested the FCC might take action against ABC and its parent company, Disney.

“It was appearing to directly mislead the American public about a significant fact that probably one of the most significant political events we’ve had in a long time, for the most significant political assassination we’ve seen in a long time,”he said.

Utah court documents filed Tuesday in connection with the murder charge against Robinson say his mother told investigators, “Over the last year or so, her son had become more political and had started to lean more to the left, becoming more pro gay and trans-rights oriented.”

Those documents also say that when Robinson was asked why he killed Kirk,

“Robinson explained there is too much evil, and [Kirk] spreads too much hate.”

A day before those documents were filed, Kimmel, in his show’s opening monologue Monday, said, “The MAGA Gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

Trump on Wednesday evening praised Kimmel’s suspension and called on NBC to cancel its own late-night shows, “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”==

“Squawk on the Street” anchor Carl Quintanilla asked Carr about that on Thursday.

==“I asked earlier about Fallon and Seth Meyers, but is the president’s view that they should also be taken off the air, shared by the FCC?” Quintanilla asked.

Carr replied,“I don’t speak for the president.”

“Our goal and our obligation here is to make sure that broadcasters are serving the public interest,” Carr said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-fcc-carr.html

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