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The Guardian - US
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Lauren Aratani in New York

Kimmel controversy highlights ‘wildly dangerous’ consolidation of TV broadcasting

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Jimmy Kimmel on the set of his show in Los Angeles on 23 September. Photograph: Randy Holmes/ABC/AFP/Getty Images

If the controversy behind Jimmy Kimmel’s show is a series of dominoes that fell one after the other, from the late-night host making his comments on Charlie Kirk’s killing to ABC halting production of his show, the first domino arguably fell this summer.

Months before Kimmel was briefly pulled off the air, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) quietly announced it was seeking to make a major change to broadcasting rules.

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