{"id":33288,"date":"2025-09-22T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T04:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/09\/22\/more-senate-republicans-raise-concerns-about-fcc-pressure-on-disney\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T04:33:00","slug":"more-senate-republicans-raise-concerns-about-fcc-pressure-on-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/09\/22\/more-senate-republicans-raise-concerns-about-fcc-pressure-on-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"More Senate Republicans raise concerns about FCC pressure on Disney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Senator Rand Paul said on Sunday that threats by Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr against Disney and local broadcasters for airing &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live&#8221; were &#8220;absolutely inappropriate.&#8221;<br \/>Television network ABC, which is owned by Disney, suspended Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s late-night talk show after Carr threatened investigations and regulatory action against licensed broadcasters who aired Kimmel. The owners of dozens of local TV stations affiliated with ABC said they would no longer carry the show.<br \/>Paul said on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; that Carr had &#8220;no business weighing in on this.&#8221; He said people could be fired for making inappropriate comments but the government should not pressure companies to take action.<br \/>&#8220;The government&#8217;s got no business in it. And the FCC was wrong to weigh in. 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