“We can do this the hard way or the easy way,” he said, counseling Disney — and by implication its competitors across the media sector — to “find ways to change conduct” or else.
The threat he implicitly leveled at the Hollywood giant that owns ABC is one he has wielded before: that the FCC would pull local broadcast licenses — an extraordinary step with almost no precedent, and which First Amendment experts said is probably illegal.
Whether the threat was bluster or not, it worked: In response to pressure from Carr and affiliate station owners Nexstar and Sinclair, ABC preempted Kimmel’s show “indefinitely” on Wednesday night. It is unclear if and when Kimmel will return to the airwaves, and the network provided no further comment. Carr did not respond to requests for comment for this article.
Before Trump’s election victory, Carr often advocated against government intervention in speech.
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