• FCC는 Disney의 다양성, 형평성 및 포용성(DEI) 정책으로 인해 Disney가 소유하거나 관리하는 8개의 방송 면허를 검토할 것이라고 발표했습니다.
• 이번 조치는 트럼프 대통령이 지미 키멜(Jimmy Kimmel)이 멜라니아 트럼프 여사를 '기대하는 과부'에 비유한 논란의 여지가 있는 농담을 이유로 ABC에 그의 해고를 요구한 지 하루 만에 이루어졌습니다.
• 최근의 암살 시도 혐의 이후, 키멜의 심야 쇼 독백이 정치적 폭력을 조장할 수 있는지에 대한 논란 속에서 그는 거센 비난에 직면해 있습니다.
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...
ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel denied making a joke that hinted at the assassination of Donald Trump, hours after the U.S. president said Kimmel should be fired by the network and its parent company Walt Disney. Trump's wife, Melania, was first to call out Kimmel for a monologue he delivered on Thursday.
First lady calls for ABC to ‘take a stand’ against comedian in aftermath of White House press dinner shootingIn the aftermath of the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting, Melania Trump accused Jimmy Kimmel of “hateful and violent rhetoric” and said it was “time for ABC to take a stand” against the comedian who has long been critical of Donald Trump and his policies.The first lady appeared to be referring to a monologue by Kimmel broadcast that happened before the Saturday attack on the White House correspondents’ dinner, in which he referred to Melania Trump as an “expectant widow” in a speech otherwise largely about the Trumps’ connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading...
Late-night hosts panned Trump’s joke about the 1941 attack, addressed new unredacted Epstein emails and talked popular puppy namesWith The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on hiatus until at least 27 March, late-night hosts on Thursday discussed Donald Trump’s snafu while meeting Japan’s prime minister, his caginess over Iran, and new findings in the Epstein investigations. Continue reading...