The FCC is preparing to challenge the broadcast licenses of ABC following Jimmy Kimmel's joke

about Melania Trump having the glow of an expectant widow.

He made this joke, which many people think was crass just a few days before this latest

assassination attempt.

And if this challenge is successful, ABC will lose. just a few days before this latest assassination attempt.

And if this challenge is successful, ABC will lose its ability to broadcast through certain licenses.

This all seems to many, particularly petty.

I mean, listen, Jimmy Kimmel's joke was bad, but is this really going to rise to the occasion of let's remove their ability to broadcast?

Well, to be fair, many people are arguing that Jimmy Kimmel has gotten away with way worse.

He has lied about the assassin, about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, implying that it was a right winger who killed Charlie.

He has made shockingly offensive statements. And if the purpose of public broadcast licenses is to serve the public interest, being hyperpartisan does not do that.

More importantly, making jokes imply the president will be killed or die is on the line. Now I'm going to say this, guys,

my personal opinion is that I don't think this is where we need to go because Jimmy Kimmel

made a crass joke. It's on the line, but I would not say it's over the line, but who am I?

You guys let me know what you think. Implying that Donald Trump is about to die when he's the president, I call it on the line

because he's not making a direct threat.

However, it is this rhetoric that has resulted in terror attacks at Tesla facilities, a massive increase

in violence, political violence coming from the left and at a certain point, we have to draw the line.

So this is the challenge that I'm dealing with.

I don't think that this joke crosses that line where we would say you can't broadcast anymore,

but at a certain point, action must be taken.

Why?

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