"On Wednesday, Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, threatened Jimmy Kimmel and ABC over comments the comedian made about Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin. Kimmel appeared to erroneously suggest that the suspected killer was a Trump supporter. Frankly, when you see stuff like this, I mean, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way, Carr said of Kimmel. 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."
"Cobb appeared on Friday's edition of Meet the Press Now, where Kristen Welker asked about the ramifications of government pressure campaigns against the media. It's evocative of what we've seen throughout history, Cobb said. In 1939, Dr. Goebbels, at Hitler's instruction, removed five comedians, or witticists as they were called at the time, from the airways in Germany and for criticizing or making fun of the government in a satire way."
"Cobb was referring to a 1939 incident in which the Nazi minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, blacklisted five entertainers because, as Goebbels put it, in their public appearances they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward National Socialism and therewith caused grave annoyance in public and especially to party comrades. Goebbels accused the five of being brazen, impertinent, arrogant and tactless."
Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, threatened Jimmy Kimmel and ABC over Kimmel's comments about the alleged Charlie Kirk assassin, warning of regulatory action if companies did not change conduct. Kimmel seemingly misstated the suspect's political affiliation as a Trump supporter. Hours later, ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely; Donald Trump had predicted and celebrated the suspension. Former White House attorney Ty Cobb compared the pressure campaign to past repression, citing Joseph Goebbels' 1939 removal of entertainers from German airwaves and Vladimir Putin's early-2000s silencing or buyout of independent TV channels.
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