FCC Chairman Says His “Easy Way Or The Hard Way” Comment About Jimmy Kimmel Wasn’t Meant As A Threat To Pull Licenses If ABC Didn’t Fire Him

https://deadline.com/2025/09/jimmy-kimmel-fcc-brendan-carr-threat-1236552608/

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  2. This guy is dangerous. And clearly corrupt. If the dems regain office they better investigate this guy.

  5. Short excerpt:
    >Carr said that “what I spoke about last week is that when concerns are raised about news distortion … there’s an easy way for parties to address that and work that out. In the main, that takes place between local television stations that are licensed by the FCC and what we call national programmers like Disney. They work that out, and there doesn’t need to be any involvement of the FCC.”

    >He added: “Now, if they don’t, there’s a way that is not as easy, which is someone can file a complaint at the FCC, and then the FCC, by law, as set up by Congress, has to adjudicate that complaint. And what I’ve been very clear in the context of the Kimmel episode, is the FCC, and myself in particular, have expressed no view on the ultimate merits.”

  6. Lies, more lies, and damned lies. Of course it was a threat. There’s no other way to interpret that.

  7. What did his cutesy gif in reply to this being a part of Project 2025 mean then? Fuuuuck off, guy

  9. Jimmy played a clip. It speaks for itself. The clip was not doctored. There was no news distortion. Fucker at FCC trying to gaslight us.

  12. Coward. Won’t own the mind-numbingly stupid thing he said. Now he wants to walk it back so he’s not in trouble. What’s the point of having convictions if you wont’ stand by them Carr?

  15. I think someone just realized he could go to jail in a few years for this.

  16. FCC Chairman’s statement: “I didn’t mean to threaten Jimmy Kimmel” yeah sure just like the mafia doesn’t mean to break kneecaps.

  17. Yeah, it’s almost like he’s worried about civil and/or criminal litigation.

    Disney might’ve bent the knee, but only long enough for Disney’s lawyers to get geared up for a proper fight.

  19. The phrase “news distortion” is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Who tunes into Kimmel for reporting? A comedian riffing on a headline isn’t “news distortion,” it’s late-night entertainment.

    Here’s another word this dude needs to become definitionally aware of: *jawboning*.

  20. Please explain to us what the fuck you meant with this literal quote from a mob movie? Even Ted Cruz called you out.

  21. even ted cruz said it was mafia style tactics.. give us all a break

  22. really then explain the ” hard way” to me again……in detail

  23. From the article:

    Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) also weighed in on Monday afternoon, posting on X, “LOADING FILE NOT FOUND ERROR”

  24. This asshole is only 46 years old!  I feel pretty good about myself now

  27. Piece of shit saw what the public can do to your wallet over one night.

  28. Sure, Temu Goebbels, sure.

    I sincerely hope one day we get MAGA Nurembergs and the sentences are the same.

  30. “Oh I said something but it didn’t mean what I actually said”… get outta here..

  31. Brother, the fear of cancellation, the pressure of people being out of jobs, the losing wages, theses are the weapons you are personally using to bully people into being silent puppets of the state

    You should try silence some time 

  32. Fucker said do it he easy way or the hard way. Easy way is take care of it themselves, otherwise the FCC will have a lot more work to do.

    What is else is that meant to imply?

    From the guy that wrote the part of Project 2025 about using the FCC chair to pressure networks into removing dissenting voices?!

  36. Tell it to the judge. Jimmy and Co. should sue the ever loving hell out of the FCC

  37. Backpedaling after Jon Oliver told Bob Iger to tell the FCC “Fuck You, Make Me” and then he oh so politely did just that is fucking awesome to witness. Jon Oliver laid out the way that case would resolve legally and Disney/ABC was like, “Oh, fuck conservatives. We can’t lose.” So funny.

  38. It was about fucking the merger too, that is the thing about these corrupt fuckheads, they know who to say things that very mafioso where you dont actually make the threat directly while making the threat, so you can deny.

    Its how maga always dismisses some stupid thing trump said as gamesmanship or joking, when its something that looks bad.

  39. Come on, man

    Easy way or the hard way is straight-up mob talk.

    Saying it wasn’t a threat is like waving a baseball bat around while insisting you were just gesturing. If the FCC chair didn’t mean it, then he needs to stop talking like Tony Soprano on live TV.

  40. So can I file an FCC complaint regarding news distortion for the daily statements made by members of this administration? Starting with Tylenol causing autism?

    I would like to know which part Kimmel violated to meet this requirement of news distortion? “News distortion “must involve a significant event and not merely a minor or incidental aspect of the news report.” In weighing the constitutionality of the policy, courts have recognized that the policy “makes a crucial distinction between deliberate distortion and mere inaccuracy or difference of opinion.” As a result, broadcasters are only subject to enforcement if it can be proven that they have deliberately distorted a factual news report. Expressions of opinion or errors stemming from mistakes are not actionable.”

    Link to file complaints: https://www.fcc.gov/broadcast-news-distortion

  44. Yeah, considering his victory lap posts I’m going to say he’s full of shit.

  45. I’m so ready for competent adults that want to do their jobs properly to retake control of government.

  46. He meant to say “It’s a nice place ya got here. Hate to see anything happen to it.”

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