Disney's ABC pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' after FCC chair criticizes the host's Charlie Kirk comments
Way Too Early with Ali Vitali
MS NOW, Ali Vitali
4.5 • 539 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Fox News doesn't have an FCC license. CNN doesn't, but ABC, CBS, NBC, those broadcast stations do. |
| 0:08.2 | And with that license comes a unique obligation to operate in the public interest. And over the years, the FCC walked away from enforcing that public interest obligation. |
| 0:18.6 | I don't think we're better off as a country for it. We at the FCC are going to enforce the public interest obligation. I don't think we're better off as a country for, |
| 0:20.9 | we at the FCC are going to enforce the public interest obligation. If there's broadcasters |
| 0:25.2 | out there that don't like it, they can turn their license into the FCC. But that's our job. |
| 0:30.2 | Again, we're making some progress now. That was FCC Chairman Brandon Carr last night on Fox News, |
| 0:36.0 | commenting on ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show. |
| 0:39.2 | The move comes after the late night host criticized the response to the Charlie Kirk shooting by some Republicans. |
| 0:44.3 | The question is, how does this impact media going forward? |
| 0:47.7 | Also ahead, we'll bring you the big moments from the testimony of the former CDC director. |
| 0:51.7 | The question is, what did she say about her time working under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, |
| 0:56.3 | Jr. Plus, we'll explain |
| 0:58.0 | the Fed's decision to cut interest rates |
| 0:59.7 | for the first time this year. |
| 1:01.1 | The question is, what does the move say |
| 1:02.4 | about the state of the economy |
| 1:04.0 | and Trump's pressure campaign |
| 1:05.4 | on the Fed? |
| 1:06.3 | It's way too early for this. |
| 1:16.6 | The United way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that's always fast asleep during |
| 1:20.7 | the late night time slot, but still has concerns about what this latest move might mean |
| 1:24.8 | for us. |
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