"Here is my last point on Kimmel. If Kimmel came on and apologized like this the day after his remarks he probably wouldn't have been suspended. But by all accounts he wanted to double down. Again for the billionth time this isn't a free speech issue. He works for Mickey Mouse on NETWORK TV. Nobody said he was going to jail."
"He was dealing with the consequences of making off color jokes about the murder of a guy who meant a ton to a ton of people and blamed it on the very people who love him the most before the body was even cold. So yeah there was outrage that Mickey had to deal with. Then the pendulum swung the other way and they put him back on air. Either way it was never a free speech issue. When you work for somebody else and you offend a ton of people you deal with the consequences. Him framing this as free speech is a joke."
Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC for comments about the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk and returned to his show after about a week. Dave Portnoy supported ABC's decision, arguing Kimmel doubled down instead of apologizing, calling the matter not a free speech issue and noting network employment carries consequences. Portnoy described Kimmel's remarks as off-color jokes about a murder that provoked predictable outrage. Several Barstool employees, including Kirk Minihane, pushed back on Portnoy's stance. Minihane publicly rebuked Portnoy on his show and mocked Portnoy's poor ratings.
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