TV host Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico will not air on television due to pressure from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Speaking on his talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel said the FCC, under President Donald Trump, had "threatened" him and his show "based on simple traditional editorial decisions, guest bookings it would seem they don't like".
The BBC contacted the FCC for comment. The White House denied the FCC had threatened Kimmel over his interview with Talarico or any other candidate, accusing the host of "play-acting".
Looking at the distance the interview is not even the most interesting, the most extraordinary fact is that the current Texas attorney general, on the job for more than 10 years:
- Had his own defense lawyer endorse his Democratic opponent.
- Eight of his own senior aides reported him to the FBI.
- A security camera recorded him taking another lawyer’s $1,000 pen.
- Accumulated a 15 property portfolio worth $9 million while earning a $153,750 government salary.
- Sixty Republicans in the Texas House voted to impeach him.
- Accepted a $100,000 legal defense gift from a businessman whose company had faced a Medicaid billing investigation.
>Kimmel said that since the show began over 20 years ago, he has interviewed “Americans who are running for office with no problem at all”, noting that this ranged “from Hillary Clinton to Ted Cruz to Donald Trump himself”.
>“I interviewed Donald Trump when he was running for president in 2015,” Kimmel said. Trump came back for another interview, just before he became the Republican nominee in 2016.
An excellent interview. Perhaps scripture can save us yet.
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TV host Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico will not air on television due to pressure from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Speaking on his talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel said the FCC, under President Donald Trump, had "threatened" him and his show "based on simple traditional editorial decisions, guest bookings it would seem they don't like".
The BBC contacted the FCC for comment. The White House denied the FCC had threatened Kimmel over his interview with Talarico or any other candidate, accusing the host of "play-acting".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgyrv39n4eo
Looking at the distance the interview is not even the most interesting, the most extraordinary fact is that the current Texas attorney general, on the job for more than 10 years:
- Had his own defense lawyer endorse his Democratic opponent.
- Eight of his own senior aides reported him to the FBI.
- A security camera recorded him taking another lawyer’s $1,000 pen.
- Accumulated a 15 property portfolio worth $9 million while earning a $153,750 government salary.
- Sixty Republicans in the Texas House voted to impeach him.
- Accepted a $100,000 legal defense gift from a businessman whose company had faced a Medicaid billing investigation.
- Admitted violating securities-registration requirements.
What an endorsement of a large fringe of US voters...
>Kimmel said that since the show began over 20 years ago, he has interviewed “Americans who are running for office with no problem at all”, noting that this ranged “from Hillary Clinton to Ted Cruz to Donald Trump himself”.
>“I interviewed Donald Trump when he was running for president in 2015,” Kimmel said. Trump came back for another interview, just before he became the Republican nominee in 2016.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/jimmy-kimmel...