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Democratic senators are demanding answers from Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group after both broadcast giants declined to air ABC’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" — raising concerns about potential backroom dealings with the Trump administration to curry favor with federal regulators.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., on Tuesday sent a letter to Nexstar Chairman Perry Sook and Sinclair CEO Christopher Ripley regarding decisions not to air "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "how those decisions may relate to regulatory issues pending with the Trump administration."

"If Nexstar or Sinclair traded the censorship of a critic of the administration for official acts

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