Mark Halperin
speaker
1,969 appearances
10 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 19 Aug
Mark Halperin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The tensions escalating again that September.
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remember after Jimmy Kimmel responded to the murder of Charlie Kirk with this assessment.
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The remarks triggering widespread backlash with Chairman Carr warning during an interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson that local broadcasters carrying ABC could face scrutiny from the FCC, ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel live from the air on september seventeenth before bringing the show back six days later.
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The FCC turning its attention to another ABC program.
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Early this year, the agency issuing new guidance in January warning that programs driven by partisan purposes may not qualify for an exemption from federal equal time rules for political candidates.
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Then in February,
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The FCC opening an investigation into whether the View should continue receiving that exemption after the program interviewed Democratic Senate candidate from Texas, James Tallerico, the question becoming whether ABC's Daytime Panel Show qualifies as a bona fide news interview program or whether appearances by candidates trigger requirements to provide equal opportunities to their opponents.
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Kimmel, meanwhile, landing in another controversy.
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In April, after delivering this joke about First Lady Melania Trump during a mock White House correspondence dinner roast.
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Two nights later, an armed man attempting to breach the actual White House Correspondence Dinner while President Trump, the First Lady, and other senior administration officials were inside.
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Commissioner Carr then ordering the accelerated review of those eight ABC station licenses.
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Carr maintaining the timing was tied to the FCC's ongoing investigation into Disney's DEI policies rather than Kimmel's programming.
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The fight over the view continuing into the summer, Commissioner Carr posting a montage from the program to X on july thirtieth after Disney argued the show qualifies for the news exemption.
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Carr writing quote Disney claims that its decisions are based on quote newsworthiness rather than partisan purposes and thus exempt from political equal time rules.
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Then, adding quote, here's some of the show.
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ABC reportedly telling the FCC that the investigation has already affected its booking decisions, with the network becoming more cautious about inviting political candidates onto the view.
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Disney CEO Josh Tomorrow telling CNBC last week the company is standing by what he called ABC's quote journalistic integrity, adding, quote, we're not going to be told how to run that side of our business.
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The FCC responding in a statement to Reuters that broadcasters have a legal obligation to operate in the public interest, adding, quote, Disney is obviously very concerned about the FCC's proceedings.
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The FCC
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C will follow the facts and law wherever they leave.
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