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Wisconsin’s Baldwin joins senators calling out FCC after chair’s remarks, Kimmel’s suspension
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Wisconsin Examiner
Democratic senators including Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) have written to the chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to criticize the agency’s chairman’s attacks on late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel.
ABC television, part of Disney, suspended Kimmel’s show indefinitely Wednesday after criticism of the comedian’s remarks that FCC Chair Brendan Carr made on a right-wing podcast.
The letter notes that Nextar — which operates 23 ABC affiliates according to the AP and has a merger pending before the FCC — announced it would take Kimmel’s show off the air.
“This is precisely what government censorship looks like,” the senators wrote.
In addition to Baldwin it was signed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens.
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