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FCC Chairman Responds to Kimmel After Equal Time Rule Change: ‘If You’re Fake News, You’re Not Going to Qualify’
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FCC chairman Brendan Carr responded to ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel after the host weighed in on the agency’s new “equal opportunities”rule guidance, which will exclude late night and daytime talk shows from receiving a bona fide news exemption.
The rule covers individuals who have publicly announced their intention to run for office and qualify under applicable state or federal law to hold the office being sought.
Kimmel, who was temporarily suspended last year for remarks made about Charlie Kirk following criticism from Carr, reacted to the rule change during a “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” monologue last week.
Broadcast TV used to account for 100 percent of viewing.
“Of course, as you know, the rule applies to broadcast, radio and TV, but that one was focused on those TV precedents.”In her own presser, Democrat FCC commissioner Anna Gomez said that the rule change would have to apply to talk radio as well.