Brendan Carr responds to Scott Wiener’s post targeting media company over Jimmy Kimmel suspension.
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr blasted Democratic California state Sen. Scott Wiener on Tuesday for calling to break up Sinclair Broadcast Group because it’s keeping late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off its ABC stations.
Carr pointed to Wiener as an example of Democratic lawmakers accusing opponents of stifling free speech while engaging in it themselves.
“And there it is. On Kimmel, the Democrats are engaged in nothing more than Projection and Distortion,” the Trump appointee posted on X in response to Wiener’s post.
The progressive state lawmaker’s post attacked Sinclair in response to news that the media conglomerate would continue to refuse to broadcast “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” throughout the country for his comments falsely suggesting that Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin is a MAGA supporter.
Sinclair — which operates dozens of ABC affiliates — made the announcement after Disney reinstated Kimmel’s show this Tuesday after suspending it for several days following his Kirk comments.
“Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming.
