>What people don’t understand is that the broadcasters … have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest. When we see stuff like this, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.
Do you really want to pretend that he is no applying pressure by threatening businesses who broadcast speech he doesn't like?
Kimmel got caught spreading blatant falsehood about who the shooter was. That has always been against the rules for public airwaves.