{"id":2246994,"date":"2026-01-23T12:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2246994"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:53:16","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-drills-trumps-little-ferret-fcc-chair-for-new-threat-to-stifle-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmel-drills-trumps-little-ferret-fcc-chair-for-new-threat-to-stifle-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Drills &#8216;Trump&#8217;s Little Ferret&#8217; FCC Chair For New Threat To &#8216;Stifle Us&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>He said FCC Chair <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/brendan-carr\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Brendan Carr \" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"697345fde4b00114c5221d00\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/brendan-carr\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\">Brendan Carr <\/a>was \u201cTrump\u2019s little ferret\u201d who was operating the \u201cBrendan Carrtel\u201d that is \u201ccoming for us again.\u201d But the name-calling was just about the only whiff of humor over several minutes in his monologue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Kimmel, who was temporarily yanked off the air in September for a Charlie Kirk remark that angered conservatives, was fretting over the FCC\u2019s attempt to dictate which political guests he can have.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s how every talk show has operated since then. Until this week, when Trump\u2019s little ferret in the FCC, Brendan Carr, who as you know is doing everything he can to shut us up the \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/jimmy-kimmel-trump-carr-fcc_n_68d15e22e4b03fb4d93333ff\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"easy way or the hard way\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"697345fde4b00114c5221d00\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"68d15e22e4b03fb4d93333ff\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\">easy way or the hard way<\/a>,\u2019 is trying to say we no longer qualify for the bona fide news exemption when it comes to interviewing candidates,\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cWhich is a sneaky little way of keeping viewpoints that aren\u2019t his off the air. It\u2019s his latest attack on free speech and it\u2019s a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI have no idea what the outcome of this is gonna be,\u201d Kimmel added. \u201cWe\u2019ll find out. &#8230; I want to just point it out because it is another example of this administration trying to squash anyone who doesn\u2019t support them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The comedian eventually segued into a regular segment of Trump and others being awkwardly bleeped in \u201cThis Week In Unnecessary Censorship.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He said FCC Chair Brendan Carr was \u201cTrump\u2019s little ferret\u201d who was operating the \u201cBrendan Carrtel\u201d that is \u201ccoming for us again.\u201d But the name-calling was just about the only whiff of humor over several minutes in his monologue. 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