Republican United States Senator Rand Paul has said that threats by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr against Disney and local broadcasters for airing the programme Jimmy Kimmel Live were “absolutely inappropriate”.

US television network ABC, which is owned by Disney, suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show after Carr threatened investigations and regulatory action against licensed broadcasters.

Carr’s threat was aimed at broadcasters who aired Kimmel following the host’s comments on his September 15 show about Republicans distancing themselves from the alleged shooter in the September 10 killing of Charlie Kirk, a conservative icon and the founder of Turning Point USA.

After Kimmel made those comments on live television, owners of dozens of local TV sta

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