Jimmy Kimmel Says “FCC has threatened me or threatened my show, our network, even your local ABC stations” Talarico Interview Here

At about 11pm tonight, Jimmy Kimmel released his interview with Texas Democratic Senate Candidate to You Tube. It’s not part of his ABC show which begins shortly.

ABC refused to let Kimmel make the interview part of the show on the grounds that it was a political booking. But only yesterday morning did Republican Senator Ted Cruz appear on ABC’s “The View.”

Sadly, this is not unprecedented.Back in February, CBS refused to let Stephen Colbert interview Talarico. Colbert also ran his piece on YouTube. We’re living in a time of extreme censorship exacted by corporations who fear a fascist president.

Jimmy Kimmel: “I mentioned last night we are being targeted by the FCC for the crime of interviewing political candidates. Even though for years we and every other late night talk show have welcomed numerous candidates including Donald Trump when he was running.

“And so the FCC has threatened me or threatened my show, our network, even your local ABC stations because they want to make our editorial decisions for us, which of course we cannot accept. And so tonight, we are bypassing the public airwaves and hosting this YouTube interview on YouTube, even though uh our government would clearly prefer that we not do it at all.”