{"id":16302,"date":"2025-09-18T22:16:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/?p=16302"},"modified":"2025-09-18T22:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:16:58","slug":"rosen-demands-answers-from-nexstar-following-trump-administration-censorship-of-jimmy-kimmel-calls-for-senate-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2025\/09\/18\/rosen-demands-answers-from-nexstar-following-trump-administration-censorship-of-jimmy-kimmel-calls-for-senate-hearings\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosen Demands Answers from Nexstar Following Trump Administration Censorship of Jimmy Kimmel, Calls for Senate Hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON DC<\/strong> \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, is taking action to get more information related to the Trump Administration\u2019s censorship of Jimmy Kimmel and demanding Congressional oversight. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Letter-to-Chairman-Cruz-re-FCC-Oversight-Hearing-9.18.2025.pdf\">letter<\/a>, Senator Rosen called on Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) to hold immediate hearings with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr about his actions to pressure Nexstar and ABC to censor Jimmy Kimmel in violation of the First Amendment. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Letter-to-Nexstar-9.18.2025.pdf\">letter<\/a> to Nexstar, Senator Rosen demanded answers about the company\u2019s decision to suspend Kimmel\u2019s show from the airwaves under FCC pressure and whether it has any relation to its pending merger with Tegna, which is currently under review by the FCC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe government censoring speech it disagrees with is what happens in dictatorships, not democracies. This isn\u2019t about whether someone likes Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s jokes or not; it is about the fact that every American has the right to speak without government interference,\u201d <strong>dijo el Senador Rosen. <\/strong>\u201cThe actions by the Trump Administration in this case are deeply disturbing and threaten Americans\u2019 free speech rights. We deserve transparency, which is why I\u2019m calling for immediate Senate hearings as well as answers from Nexstar about this misguided decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The full letter to Chairman Cruz can be found <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Letter-to-Chairman-Cruz-re-FCC-Oversight-Hearing-9.18.2025.pdf\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The full letter to Nexstar can be found <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Letter-to-Nexstar-9.18.2025.pdf\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, is taking action to get more information related to the Trump Administration\u2019s censorship of Jimmy Kimmel and demanding Congressional oversight. 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