"It's managed media. And it's no good. It's silly. It's ridiculous. And you can't go around firing somebody because you're fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office. That's just not how this works."
"Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets,"
"In the world of somebody who is an authoritarian, maybe a dictatorship, sooner or later, everyone is going to be touched,"
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely after major station groups declined to air the show following criticism of Kimmel's comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk. FCC chairman Brendan Carr condemned the remarks, and Sinclair and Nexstar announced they would no longer carry the program, citing objection and promising replacement programming. A prominent late-night figure characterized the suspension as managed media and warned that deference to an authoritarian administration could spread censorship across media. Kimmel had suggested conservatives were trying to categorize the shooter as anything other than MAGA while offering condolences and condemning certain reactions to the assassination.
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