Will FCC cancel The View? Regulator chief says talk show 'could be targeted' after Jimmy Kimmel

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is reportedly looking into axing The View in the wake of its slander against Trump.

During Thursday's episode of The Scott Jennings Radio Show, Carr said it was "worthwhile" for his agency to "look into" the ABC talk show's actions. The View is currently co-hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and Ana Navarro.

"When you look at these other TV shows, what's interesting is the FCC does have a rule called the equal opportunity rule," he said. "But there's an exception to that rule called the bona fide news exception, which means if you are a bona fide news program, you don’t have to abide by the equal opportunity rule."

He continued,

"I would assume you can make the argument that The View is a bona fide news show," but he was "not so sure about that. I think it's worthwhile to have the FCC look into whether The View and some of the programs that you have still qualify as bona fide news programs and therefore exempt from the equal opportunity regime that Congress has put in place."

Everything we know about the possible drama between FCC, Jimmy Kimmel, and The View so far:

As reported by Newsweek, Brendan Carr's statement comes on the heels of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show getting forestalled "indefinitely" after its host slammed Charlie Kirk and MAGA in his recent monologue. Kirk was gunned down at the age of 31 on September 10. He was hosting an event at Utah Valley University at the time.

"We hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it," Kimmel said in his monologue Monday.

He was referring to Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspect who has since been detained. His comments drew immediate pushback from Carr and ABC affiliate station owners, prompting the network to take immediate action. Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns several ABC affiliates, issued a statement slamming Kimmel's comments and demanded that he apologies:

"Sinclair also calls upon Mr. Kimmel to issue a direct apology to the Kirk family. Furthermore, we ask Mr. Kimmel to make a meaningful personal donation to the Kirk Family and Turning Point USA," the group penned on X.

The View is currently in its 29th season, and its co-hosts touch on an array of topics, including politics. The show has yet to address Jimmy Kimmel's suspension. As for Brendan Carr, during the podcast, he said:

"Disney needs to see some change here, but the individual licensed stations that are taking their content, it's time for them to step up and say this, you know, garbage to the extent that that's what comes down the pipe in the future isn't something that we think serves the needs of our local communities."

According to Variety, the Center for American Rights, a conservative group, has launched a lawsuit against KABC-7, arguing that Kimmel's monologue was a contradiction of official statements, and that Kimmel had failed to rectify himself:

“This is not a simple or innocent mistake,” the complaint stated. “It is a massive error made regarding the most important news event of the month, if not the year… That sort of reckless indifference or willful defiance of facts is incompatible with ABC’s public interest obligations.”

Kimmel took to Instagram last week to rally for an end to the "angry finger-pointing" pertaining to Kirk’s death.

“Can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human?” he wrote.

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