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FCC Orders ABC License Renewal Over Kimmel Melania Trump Joke: What It Means for Free Speech and Broadcast Media

FCC Threatens to Pull TV Broadcast Licenses

The FCC ordered early broadcast license renewals for all eight ABC-owned stations after Jimmy Kimmel joked that Melania Trump had “a glow like an expectant widow.” It’s the first time in the agency’s history that licensing power has been weaponized against political comedy, and the implications for free speech and broadcast media are staggering.

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