"Newscasters. Columnists. Professors. Flight attendants. Comic writers. Late-night talk show hosts. Dozens of people have lost their jobs in the past week for criticizing Charlie Kirk in the wake of his death, some after conservatives mobilized online to find and report posts they deemed were not sufficiently mournful. Many of these people have been reprimanded not because they advocated violence, but simply because they posted Kirk's own words."
"Most recently, Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show was suspended indefinitely by ABC after the Federal Communications Commission pressured the network over a joke the host made. Again, Kimmel did not mock Kirk, but stated, "the MAGA Gang [is] desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.""
Dozens of employees across media, academia, and service industries lost jobs after posting criticism or reposts related to Charlie Kirk, following conservative online mobilization to flag allegedly insufficiently mournful content. Jimmy Kimmel's show was suspended after FCC pressure over a joke referencing the shooting. ABC could lawfully terminate staff under contract terms, but coercive regulatory pressure from the FCC may raise constitutional concerns. Private employers and platforms can set speech policies and discipline workers for racist, homophobic, or hateful remarks, illustrating the distinction between constitutional protection from government censorship and social or commercial consequences for speech.
Read at Advocate.com
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