FCC orders review of ABC licenses after Jimmy Kimmel’s Melania Trump joke
by Jeremy Barr in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#7590F)
Eight local broadcasting licenses under review after White House launched attack on late-night host over comment
The US's top media watchdog announced on Tuesday that it is accelerating the review of eight local broadcasting licenses used by ABC, in a move critics see as a clear example of political and regulatory retribution against a disfavored broadcaster.
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) announcement comes after the White House launched a full-on attack against the ABC's late-night host, Jimmy Kimmel, over a joke he made last week about Melania Trump.
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