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• FCC 宣布將審查由 Disney 擁有或管理的八項廣播許可證，原因是該公司的多元、公平與包容（DEI）政策。 • 此舉發生在總統 Trump 要求 ABC 解雇 Jimmy Kimmel 的一天之後，原因是 Kimmel 在一個有爭議的笑話中將第一夫人 Melania Trump 比作「準寡婦」。 • 在近期發生暗殺企圖指控後，關於 Kimmel 的深夜脫口秀獨白是否可能煽動政治暴力的爭論正引起強烈反彈。

• 在白宮因深夜節目主持人的一段評論而發起攻擊後，八項地方廣播執照正接受審查。 • 美國最高媒體監管機構於週二宣布，將加速審查 ABC 所使用的八項地方廣播執照；批評者認為，這是針對不受歡迎的廣播公司採取政治和監管報復的明顯例子。 • 美國聯邦通信委員會 (FCC) 的此番宣布，是在白宮針對 ABC 深夜節目主持人 Jimmy Kimmel 上週關於 Melania Trump 的笑話發起全面攻擊之後發生的。

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...