Licenses

• FCC mengumumkan akan meninjau delapan lisensi penyiaran yang dimiliki atau dikelola oleh Disney karena kebijakan diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) perusahaan tersebut. • Langkah ini dilakukan satu hari setelah Presiden Trump menyerukan agar ABC memecat Jimmy Kimmel atas lelucon kontroversial yang menyamakan Ibu Negara Melania Trump dengan 'janda yang sedang menunggu'. • Kimmel menghadapi kecaman di tengah perdebatan mengenai apakah monolog malamnya dapat memicu kekerasan politik menyusul tuduhan upaya pembunuhan baru-baru ini.

Eight local broadcasting licenses under review after White House launched attack on late-night host over commentSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US’s top media watchdog announced on Tuesday that it is accelerating the review of eight local broadcasting licenses used by ABC, in a move critics see as a clear example of political and regulatory retribution against a disfavored broadcaster.The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) announcement comes after the White House launched a full-on attack against the ABC’s late-night host, Jimmy Kimmel, over a joke he made last week about Melania Trump. Continue reading...

US president on social media said he was ‘thrilled’ that Brendan Carr was looking into broadcasters’ licenses Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Donald Trump reinforced comments made by Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), threatening the broadcast licenses of news organizations that report unfavorably on the war in Iran.In a Truth Social post Sunday night, Trump said he was “thrilled” that Carr was “looking at the licenses of some of these Corrupt and Highly Unpatriotic ‘News’ Organizations. They get Billions of Dollars of FREE American Airwaves, and use it to perpetuate LIES …”. Continue reading...