Jimmy Kimmel slams FCC
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The late night hosts suggested the move that appeared to be targeted at programs like 'The View,' 'Late Night With Seth Meyers,' 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' and 'The Late Show,' ending in four months, was less significant than it seemed in a fractured landscape and was more of an "attack on free speech.
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel told his audience Wednesday that he might need their help again amid a new threat from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) directed at the broadcast networks.
"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert said Thursday that the FCC is trying to "silence" him and fellow late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers.
“There’s nothing to compare it to in the history of humankind,” a horrified Kimmel continued. “It’s like we armed a Real Housewife with nuclear weapons. This man is crashing the plane because the stewardess didn’t bring him a bag of peanuts.”
According to the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" host, the president's head was "unavailable."
The skit came after the FCC instructed networks to offer political candidates equal time on their shows, warning against shows “motivated by partisan purposes.”
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Jimmy Kimmel mocked Donald Trump’s World Economic Forum speech, highlighting Trump’s confusion between Greenland and Iceland and making a joke at Melania Trump’s expense. Kimmel pointed out Trump’s exaggerated claims about the U.S. saving Greenland in World War II and noted the irony of Trump referencing German as a foreign language in Switzerland.
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Jimmy Kimmel responded to the FCC ‘s announcement this week that talk shows like his may be on the hook to offer equal time to political candidates, calling it Chairman Brendan Carr ‘s “sneaky little way of keeping viewpoints that aren’t his off the air.” “It’s his latest attack on free speech,” Kimmel said on his ABC late-night show on Thursday.
The late night host can't get over the president's latest reasoning.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to late night Tuesday and was quickly filled with despair over the escalating tensions between President Trump and European leaders over the former's interest in Greenland, remarking,