Jimmy Kimmel

• Oito licenças de transmissão local estão sob revisão depois que a Casa Branca lançou um ataque ao apresentador do late-night devido a um comentário • O principal órgão de fiscalização de mídia dos EUA anunciou na terça-feira que está acelerando a revisão de oito licenças de transmissão local utilizadas pela ABC, em uma medida que críticos veem como um exemplo claro de retaliação política e regulatória contra uma emissora desfavorecida. • O anúncio da Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ocorre após a Casa Branca lançar um ataque total contra o apresentador do late-night da ABC, Jimmy Kimmel, por causa de uma piada que ele fez na semana passada sobre Melania Trump.

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...