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Trump admin probe into ABC amid Kimmel row sparks US free speech concerns

Critics accuse US president of using Federal Communications Commission to censor critics in violation of speech rights.

Trumpโ€™s FCC orders review of ABC licences after Kimmelโ€™s โ€˜expectant widowโ€™ joke

After a joke by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel drew calls from the White House for ABC to fire the comedian, the US Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday ordered an early licence review of the networkโ€™s television stations. The stand-off between US President Donald Trumpโ€™s administration and the global entertainment conglomerate is the first crisis facing Walt Disneyโ€™s new CEO Josh Dโ€™Amaro. Last Thursday, Kimmel, whose late-night television programme airs on Disneyโ€™s โ€ŒABC, did a send-up of...