Amid Shock Kimmel Debacle, These Big Corporations Need Trump Cronies To OK Deals
The decision by ABC to suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show made the comedian the second late-night host to be forced off the air for offending President Donald Trump in two months — a shocking blow to free speech rights in America.
The network did not have to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” which it did “indefinitely.”
It announced the decision after Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr appeared on a far-right podcast and attacked Kimmel for a comment he made about the death of late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed last week in Utah.
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