WASHINGTON —

ABC took comic Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the air indefinitely Wednesday, just hours after Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr called his comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination “truly sick.”

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Carr is a longtime FCC commissioner named chairman by President Donald Trump in November. In the months since, he has launched investigations of ABC, CBS, and NBC news.

“Americans no longer trust the legacy national news media to report fully, accurately, and fairly. It is time for a change,” Carr said in July, after the FCC approved CBS owner Paramount’s $8 billion merger with Skydance.

Here's what to know about Carr:

Carr is a longtime FCC commissioner

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