"President Donald Trump and other Republicans lauded the suspension while Kimmel's supporters denounced it as censorship, since it came in the aftermath of vociferous criticism from the president and comments from Carr about how his agency can do this the easy way or the hard way if companies don't find ways to change conduct and take action."
"Cruz was among the conservatives who blasted Carr's comments, calling it dangerous as hell for the government to be threatening to force a television show off the air. Later that same month, Disney announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would be returning, after thoughtful conversations with Jimmy about comments that were ill-timed and thus insensitive. Carr appeared at an oversight hearing for the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday and Cruz, the committee's chairman, questioned him about Kimmel, framing it as a free speech issue."
"I think you would agree that the FCC's public interest standard has been weaponized against conservatives in the past, Cruz said to Carr, mentioning a few examples and asking Carr if he thought that was wrong. Carr agreed, and added that those were times where the agency, rather than follow FCC precedent, broke from it and did so in a weaponized way."
ABC temporarily suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! after comments Kimmel made about Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old charged with murdering Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Kimmel accused MAGA supporters of trying to claim the suspect was not one of them. President Donald Trump and other Republicans praised the suspension, while Kimmel's supporters denounced it as censorship, citing Carr's remarks that the FCC could intervene if companies do not change conduct. Cruz criticized Carr for threatening to force a show off the air. Disney later reinstated Kimmel's show after conversations about ill-timed, insensitive comments. Carr acknowledged past instances when the agency broke precedent and weaponized the public interest standard.
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