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Does US’s communications agency have power to regulate Kimmel’s speech?

Signs read 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, US, September 17, 2025 [Daniel Cole/Reuters]

Did Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr overstep the bounds of government oversight when he called for action against late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel?

Kimmel prompted conservative criticism when he spoke about the suspect in the September 10 assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on his show on ABC, Jimmy Kimmel Live!

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