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Jimmy Kimmel Live! fined $395,000 over presidential alert skit [View all]
Source: BBC
Jimmy Kimmel Live! fined $395,000 over presidential alert skit
15 August 2019
ABC talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been fined $395,000 (£326,000) for mimicking a presidential alert on the programme, a US regulator announced.
The show replicated the emergency alert tone three times during a sketch mocking the warning system.
On the same day the programme aired, 3 October last year, the alert was officially tested nationwide.
As part of the trial, more than 200 million US mobile phones received a test "Presidential Alert" notification.
The alert system, which is designed to warn of major threats such as missile attacks, natural disasters and acts of terrorism, is run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema).
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15 August 2019
ABC talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been fined $395,000 (£326,000) for mimicking a presidential alert on the programme, a US regulator announced.
The show replicated the emergency alert tone three times during a sketch mocking the warning system.
On the same day the programme aired, 3 October last year, the alert was officially tested nationwide.
As part of the trial, more than 200 million US mobile phones received a test "Presidential Alert" notification.
The alert system, which is designed to warn of major threats such as missile attacks, natural disasters and acts of terrorism, is run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema).
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49365767
A test "Presidential alert" was sent to Americans on 3 October, 2018 (Getty Images)
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