Disney Stands Its Ground in the Face of Trump’s Jimmy Kimmel Temper Tantrum and FCC Harassment

By Michael Schneider

Michael Schneider

Variety Editor at Large

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When it comes to the barrage of nonsense coming from this White House, sometimes no response is the best response.

Disney has clearly learned its lesson from last year’s Jimmy Kimmel media firestorm, when it temporarily benched the late night host in the wake of threats from FCC chairman Brendan Carr. As Carr continues to weaponize the agency to take on critics of Donald Trump, his actions have even earned him rebukes from his own party (including Sen. Ted Cruz). What’s more, Trump’s demands that Kimmel be fired over a monologue joke rings especially weak given some of the president’s often divisive and violent rhetoric.

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