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ABC Drew on Wednesday “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wind “indefinitely” Charlie Kirk To president Donald TrumpMaga movement.
Trump praised the move, which came after hours Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendon car suggested that ABC broadcast license was at risk due to Kimmel’s comments. ABC is a subsidiary Disney,
Just before the ABC announcement, Nexstar media group Where Stations that are affiliated to ABC Due to the host’s statements, Kimmel’s show will “East-Khali” for the beginning of the future with “tonight show”.
Nexstar is demanding FCC approval for its plan $ 6.2 billion merger with Tagna,
About 10% percent of about 225 ABC affiliated stations is owned by Nexstar. Tegna has about 5% of the affiliated stations of ABC.
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” will be re-e-Khali on Wednesday night, “said an ABC spokesman on Wednesday night.
A person acquainted with Kimmel’s position told CNBC that the popular late-night show host has not been removed.
Disney Brass has planned to talk with Kimmel what he should say when he goes back to the air when he goes back to the air.
In Open monogam on Monday nightKimmel suggested that Tyler Robinson – Who is CBroadly shooting with Cancer On September 10 while the worker spoke Utah Valley University – Trump’s Make America was aligned with the Great Again Movement.
“The Maga gang was trying hard to mark this child, who did anything other than one of them and can do everything to score political points from it,” Kimmel said.
“In the midst of pointing to the finger, there was sadness,” he said.
File Photo: Founder and Orthodox Commentator of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk held a debate before his scheduled speech on 7 May 2024 at Washington University campus in Washington, Washington.
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Carr, nominated by Trump as a FCC chair, told right -wing commentator Beni Johnson before Wednesday that Kimmel’s comments were “really ill”, and said that was a “strong case” for action against ABC and Disney.
“This is a very, very serious issue for Disney right now. We can do it in an easy way or difficult way,” Carr told Johnson. “These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel, or further work for FCC is going to be done.”
“He has a license given by us in FCC, and it is an obligation to work in public interest,” Carr said.
In March, FCC told Disney and ABC that it was starting investigating the efforts of companies to promote diversity, equity and inclusion, known as DEI.
FCC President Brendon car testifies on 21 May 2025 at Washington, Reburn House Office Building in DC and the general government before the House Application sub -committee.
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Kimmel Kirk’s murder is the latest media person to feel backlash to public comments about the murder.
MSNBC fired political analyst Matthew Dow Last week, for his on-air comments about murder, saying “disgusting thoughts give rise to disgusting words, which then give rise to disgusting actions.”
Washington Post Rai columnist Karen Atiah Said The newspaper fired it Last week after he said that social media reactions to Kirk’s murder were “racial double standards”.
Trump suggested on Wednesday night that NBC follows the ABC example with Kimmel, and cancels his evening show, “The Tonite Show with Jimmy Follen,” and “Late Night with Seth Myers.”
Trump wrote in a true social post, “Great News for the US: Rating has challenged the Jimmy Kimmel show.
“Kimmel has zero talent, and (Stephen) is worse than Kolbert, if it is possible. He leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total defeat, fake news on NBC. Their ratings are also terrible. Is it NBC !!!” Trump wrote.
White House’s fast response to X Said ABC “was doing a favor to its audience.”
“Jimmy is a sick eccentric!” The account tweeted.
Anna Gomez, an FCC Commissioner nominated by President Joe BidenJohnson was tweeted after Carr’s comments: “An disabled work of political violence by a distressed person should never exploit as a wider censorship and justification for control.”
Gomez wrote, “This administration is using the weight of government power to suppress a valid expression.”
After ABC pulled Kimmel’s show, Gomez wrote on X, “Free expression is non-pervionery. It marks the line between freedom and oppression. We should defend it without compromising.”
Senate minority leader Chak Shumar condemned ABC’s move.
“America means a stronghold of free speech,” Shumar, DN.Y., has written in a tweet.
The senator wrote, “Everyone in the political spectrum should speak to stop what is happening with Jimmy Kimmel. It is about protecting democracy.”
Unions representing writers and musicians working on Kimmel’s show criticized ABC and FCC.
“It’s not complicated: Trump’s FCC identified the speech and threatened and threatened the ABC with extreme repetition,” the United States and Canadian American Federation of Musicians and Canada President Tino Gagliardi said, “said in a statement,” said in a statement.
“This is the state censorship. It is now happening in the United States, not some distance countries. It is happening here and now,” Gagliardi said.
Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East, said in a statement, “Our right to talk and the right to disagree with each other – to harass, even – it has a lot of heart for an independent people.”
Glands said, “It is not to be denied. Not violence, not by misuse of government power, nor corporate cowardice acts,” Glands said.
Nexstar, in his statement saying that it “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” For indefinitely, the company “firmly strengthened objects for the recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel in connection with the murder of Charlie Kirk and would replace the show with other programming in its ABC-conferred markets.”
Andrew Alford, president of the broadcasting division of Nexstar, said, “Mr. Kimmel’s comments about Mr. Kimmel’s death are aggressive and insensitive at an important time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe that they reflect the spectrum of ideas, ideas or values of local communities, in which we are located.”
Alphord said, “It is not in public interest to continue giving a broadcasting platform to Shri Kimmel in the communities we serve we serve, and we have decided to prepare our show in an attempt to strengthen the heads of the cooler because we move towards the resumption of respectable, creative dialogues,” Alford said.
Carr, FCC Head, Written in a post on X“I want to thank Nexstar for doing the right thing. It is the responsibility of local broadcasters to serve the public interest.”
“While this can be an unprecedented decision, it is important for broadcasters to push back on Disney programming that they determine that they fall down from community values. I hope other broadcasters have followed Nexstar’s leadership,” Carr was written.
In June, ABC News Cut relationships with Star National Correspondent Terry Moran After calling Trump and Senior White House advisor Stephen Miller “World class” hates a social media post.
Last December, ABC News in March 2024 agreed to pay $ 15 million to Trump’s future presidential post to prosecute the President against the network on the wrong claim of Stephenopolos in March 2024 that a federal jury to the President to writer E. Jean was found responsible for Carol’s rape.
In fact, Manhattan Jury found Trump in May 2023 Sexual abuse At a department store in mid -1990s.
Trump denied Carol’s claims that he attacked him.
– CNBC Alex Sharman Contributed to this story.
