"The Shadow of the FCC: How Trump's Media Wars Are Silencing Dissent" President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has flexed its muscles in an attempt to muzzle a Democratic Senate candidate, James Talarico.
Scheduled to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Talarico was instead posted online after Kimmel cited concerns about defying the FCC.
The equal time rule, a bedrock principle in American media regulation, has been under siege by the Trump administration since January when they declared that late night shows like Kimmel's were no longer exempt.