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Rand Paul and Ted Cruz slam FCC Chairman Carr’s attack on Jimmy Kimmel: “Absolutely inappropriate. Brendan Carr has got no business weighing in on this.”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/rand-paul-fcc-chair-had-no-business-intervening-in-abc-kimmel-controversy/ Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) slammed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for policing speech after the FCC chair pressured ABC into suspending Jimmy Kimmel. Carr’s statement that ABC must take action against Kimmel was “absolutely inappropriate,” Paul said on NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday. “Brendan Carr has got no business weighing in on this.” …

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Brendan Carr — Jimmy Kimmel lied about ‘the most significant political assassination we’ve seen’ in 60 years.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-fcc-carr.html Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr told CNBC that ABC late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel appeared to “mislead” the American public about facts regarding Charlie Kirk’s killing in the days leading up to his show’s suspension. ABC on Wednesday said it was pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely.” Federal Communications Commission Chairman …

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Brendan Carr asked about punishing msnbc for ‘fake news.’

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr did not address a social media post by President Trump demanding Comcast be forced to pay “vast sums” to the federal government when asked repeatedly about the post Thursday. While appearing at a media summit hosted by the news outlet Semafor, Carr said he had not seen the …

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Donald Trump names Brendan Carr as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair.

Donald Trump names Brendan Carr as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair. JUST IN: Donald Trump names Brendan Carr as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair. pic.twitter.com/NxCq9Nmzs6 — AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) November 18, 2024 BREAKING: President-elect Trump selects his FCC commissioner as Brendan Carr – the current senior Republican at the FCC. "Commissioner Carr is a warrior …

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