Licenses

• FCC 宣布将审查 Disney 拥有或管理的八项广播许可，原因是该公司的多样性、公平性和包容性 (DEI) 政策。 • 此举发生在特朗普总统呼吁 ABC 解雇 Jimmy Kimmel 的一天后，此前 Kimmel 发表了一个将第一夫人 Melania Trump 比作“准寡妇”的争议性笑话。 • 在近期刺杀企图指控引发的讨论中，Kimmel 面临抨击，争议焦点在于其深夜脱口秀独白是否可能煽动政治暴力。

• 在白宫就深夜节目主持人的评论发起攻击后，八项当地广播执照正面临审查 • 美国最高媒体监管机构周二宣布，正在加快对 ABC 所使用的八项当地广播执照的审查。批评人士认为，这是对不受宠的广播公司进行政治和监管报复的明显示例。 • 美国联邦通信委员会 (FCC) 的这一公告，是在白宫就 ABC 深夜节目主持人 Jimmy Kimmel 上周对 Melania Trump 所开的玩笑发起全面攻击之后发布的。

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...

Senator Ron Johnson pushes back, saying he’s not in favor of government meddling in freedom of speechThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair, Brendan Carr, is facing pushback from a Republican lawmaker after warning on Saturday that broadcasters could lose their licenses if they run what the federal agency deems “fake news” over the Iran conflict.Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said in an interview on the Sunday Briefing on Fox News that he was not in favor of the government control of private enterprise or efforts to meddle with freedom of speech protected under the constitution. Continue reading...