> It's specific corner case of FCC licensing.

No, it's not.

It's fascism punishing those who don't bend the knee.

FCC licensing is only the specific excuse they're using this time.

> But the PR look was pretty bad. Instead of saying "condolences for the family, etc" now they are defending Kimmel's phrasing.

Boo fucking hoo?

It's a blatant First Amendment violation. They didn't have to "defend Kimmel's phrasing". All they had to do was say "no, it's protected political speech, and you can't do anything about it."