Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said Thursday that the commission’s move to call in Disney‘s broadcast licenses for an early renewal was not related to President Trump’s call for ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel to be fired.
Instead, Carr said that the decision was sparked by an investigation launched over a year ago into Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices, and that perceived lack of document production from Disney led to this week’s letter.
“It felt to us like they were playing rope a dope, and weren’t being entirely forthcoming with the production,” Carr told reporters at the FCC‘s April open meeting, which was livestreamed. “If they produced the documents on the original deadline, I don’t think we’d be in the same temporal moment as we are right now.”
“The FCC has rules on the books: You can’t discriminate based on race and gender, and
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