FCC chairman and Trump attack dog Brendan Carr revealed the next show he’ll “look into” after his threats against Jimmy Kimmel prompted ABC to yank the comedian off the air.
Carr spoke to conservative commentator Scott Jennings Thursday afternoon, and Jennings pondered if the FCC could do to shows like The View and Late Night with Seth Meyers what it did to Kimmel.
Carr said it is worthwhile to “look into” The View, but not necessarily as a target for cancellation—at least, not yet.
“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,” said Carr.
Carr is referring to the “equal opportunity rule” that stat