Brendan Carr , the Trump-appointed chairman of the FCC , on Sept. 17 called Jimmy Kimmel ‘s remarks about the killer of Charlie Kirk “some of the sickest conduct possible.” But Carr says now that his comments about Kimmel had nothing to do with ABC’s decision to suspend the late-night host.

On a conservative podcast last Wednesday, Carr threatened ABC and its affiliates if they did not “take action” on Kimmel: “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.” Carr implied the FCC would pursue “news distortion” allegations against local ABC broadcasters unless they dropped Kimmel. “Frankly I think it’s past time that a lot of these licensed b

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