Let’s start with the fact that I think Jimmy Kimmel is an ass and his comments about the Charlie Kirk murder were wrong and deserving of criticism.
Having said that, I do not understand why the FCC Chairman weighed in on those comments and either expressly or implicitly stated that ABC’s broadcast license would be in jeopardy over the comments. I would like to know what FCC rule was violated by those comments. Ignorance, vulgarity, and bad taste cannot be based for FCC intervention.
Those of us that oppose government interference with speech should all be unhappy if the ABC decision to dump Kimmel was based on fear of FCC action, rather than a realization that Kimmel is a rotten individual with a declining audience.
