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BumRushDaShow

(160,516 posts)
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:23 PM 18 hrs ago

Trump FCC Chair Brendan Carr Accuses Dems of 'Projection and Distortion' in First Remarks Since Jimmy Kimmel Reinstated

Source: MEDIAite

Sep 23rd, 2025, 10:36 am


FCC honcho Brendan Carr accused Democrats of being “engaged in nothing more than Projection and Distortion” in his first remarks since the announcement of Jimmy Kimmel’s return to television. Posting to his X account Tuesday, Carr harangued Democrats, accusing them of “illegally weaponizing government” and placing blame in the Kimmel saga.

On Kimmel, the Democrats are engaged in nothing more than Projection and Distortion. Projection because Democrats are the ones that spent years illegally weaponizing government to silence dissent. And it is Democrats that will do it all again—as they are openly telling you today.

Distortion because Democrats want to blame anything other than Disney and their local TV stations for Kimmel’s suspension. Those businesses decided that, in their view, a suspension made sense. The reporting on this is clear.

Notably, this is the first time recently that any local TV stations have pushed back on a national programmer like Disney. And that is a good thing because we want want empowered local TV stations. After all, local TV stations—not the national programmers—have public interest obligations, and they should be making decisions that in their view meets the needs of their local communities. I walked through all of this in my Concordia remarks yesterday, which are posted below.


Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-fcc-chair-brendan-carr-accuses-dems-of-projection-and-distortion-in-first-remarks-since-jimmy-kimmel-reinstated/



Like a cornered rat. His remarks were published worldwide and his threats promised an expansion of his policy decisions.

How can Democrats be "weaponizing" a government that the GOP is in charge of - literally across EVERY BRANCH including the SCOTUS?
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Trump FCC Chair Brendan Carr Accuses Dems of 'Projection and Distortion' in First Remarks Since Jimmy Kimmel Reinstated (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago OP
How about go fuck yourself? Aviation Pro 18 hrs ago #1
Read Kimmel guest is Newsom Pas-de-Calais 18 hrs ago #2
Newsom was on Colbert tonight, not Kimmel. nt SunSeeker 7 hrs ago #15
"silence dissent" was social media platforms cutting off lies and instigating underpants 18 hrs ago #3
It's a broken record................... Lovie777 18 hrs ago #4
If Carr had any sense kacekwl 17 hrs ago #5
You kidding? He's loving this! He has a black heart and this pain given to others travelingthrulife 3 min ago #18
"Don't believe your lying eyes and ears." SergeStorms 17 hrs ago #6
Well, Mr Carr, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. truthisfreedom 17 hrs ago #7
They cannot even get fascist corruption right without fucking it up... EarthFirst 17 hrs ago #8
"...we want want empowered local TV stations." Grins 17 hrs ago #9
Yep SickOfTheOnePct 12 hrs ago #13
Start calling the advertisers on your Sinclair station and tell them you'll not be buying their products mdbl 12 hrs ago #14
Carr is just another trump MAGA sycophant. Here's the situation PSPS 17 hrs ago #10
Sinclair and Nexstar need to be broken up into smaller markets again. mdbl 12 hrs ago #12
I love that he's squirming. Baitball Blogger 16 hrs ago #11
Talk about projection.... 58Sunliner 1 hr ago #16
Says the master of projection and distortion. travelingthrulife 5 min ago #17
Oh my....your on Trump's SHIT LIST aren't you Carr? Bengus81 1 min ago #19

Aviation Pro

(14,791 posts)
1. How about go fuck yourself?
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:28 PM
18 hrs ago

Last edited Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:26 PM - Edit history (1)

Will you take go fuck yourself as a retort?

You should, you fucking diseased pustule.

underpants

(193,121 posts)
3. "silence dissent" was social media platforms cutting off lies and instigating
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:40 PM
18 hrs ago

which they didn’t have to because Section 230 gave them cover.

Republicans and their media distorted Section 230 to be exactly opposite of what it is

kacekwl

(8,589 posts)
5. If Carr had any sense
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:59 PM
17 hrs ago

he would shut up and disappear. He's already proven to be a coward and a liar like his master.

travelingthrulife

(3,313 posts)
18. You kidding? He's loving this! He has a black heart and this pain given to others
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 09:49 AM
3 min ago

is his only joy. He's a good Christian, project 2025 hack.

SergeStorms

(19,770 posts)
6. "Don't believe your lying eyes and ears."
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:02 PM
17 hrs ago

Only believe our amended statements on "Truth" Social." Carry on, citizens.

truthisfreedom

(23,474 posts)
7. Well, Mr Carr, we can do this the easy way or the hard way.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:02 PM
17 hrs ago

It’s your decision. That’s a nice organization you got there, Mr Carr. Be a shame if something were to happen to it, like an unfortunate investigation.

EarthFirst

(3,823 posts)
8. They cannot even get fascist corruption right without fucking it up...
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:06 PM
17 hrs ago

Might be best for Carr to just STFU and let it go.

Grins

(8,872 posts)
9. "...we want want empowered local TV stations."
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:16 PM
17 hrs ago

WJLA in WASHINGTON, DC serves liberal DC, Northern Virginia, and the Maryland ‘burbs.

It is a Sinclair station. They are NOT broadcasting Kimmel tonight.

Can local WJLA, serving its community, broadcast Kimmel without getting permission from corporate?

They can’t! And there goes your (one of many) argument(s).

SickOfTheOnePct

(8,570 posts)
13. Yep
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 09:25 PM
12 hrs ago

That's why I see Sinclair & Nexstar doing this for a couple of days, and then letting the local operators decide based on local feedback.

DC will probably boycott to get it back, Johnson City, TN probably won't.

Overall, it will take boycotts of people who don't even watch Kimmel to have a real impact, especially in the smaller markets, because in the big picture, like the rest of late night, he just doesn't get that many viewers. This whole mess might bump his viewership though.

mdbl

(7,403 posts)
14. Start calling the advertisers on your Sinclair station and tell them you'll not be buying their products
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 09:32 PM
12 hrs ago

because of the network's behavior.

PSPS

(14,945 posts)
10. Carr is just another trump MAGA sycophant. Here's the situation
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:48 PM
17 hrs ago

Last edited Tue Sep 23, 2025, 09:59 PM - Edit history (1)

Kimmel is back on ABC but Sinclair and Nexstar won't carry the program.

Sinclair won't because it would displease their dear leader. Sinclair publicly pledged their fealty and even had all of their news staff read the same prepared statement years ago.

Nexstar won't because they have a merger with TEGNA in the works that Carr will have to approve, since it would exceed even the already-too-large limit for the number of stations one company can own. This merger will make Nexstar the largest in the country by far.

travelingthrulife

(3,313 posts)
17. Says the master of projection and distortion.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 09:46 AM
5 min ago

We need to focus on this criminal. He co-authored Project 2025.

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