"ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! is nothing short of a political execution carried out under the banner of corporate cowardice and wrapped in a sudden "gotcha" culture that has sinisterly sprung from the murder of Charlie Kirk. This slap at Kimmel is how censorship takes root. It's when a late-night comic delivers a stinging critique. The "informant society" that is howls, then Donald Trump's censorship flexes its arm, and a network folds."
"But what about the falsehoods that exploded in the hours afterward of Kirk's shooting? A trans woman enduring hate for being falsely accused of his killing. The grotesque smears that tried to pin the crime on transgender people, who Kirk vehemently attacked. The baseless narrative about trans involvement pushed immediately after the tragedy, for political points. That was cruelty. The frothed at the mouth with sensational headlines - lies, hurtful lies - and all of them get to keep on lying."
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! after a late-night critique tied to responses to Charlie Kirk's murder. The suspension is framed as corporate cowardice enabling censorship, aided by an "informant society" and political pressure from Donald Trump. Networks now fold to political influence, erasing voices that speak plainly. Kimmel condemned the murder but was punished for candid commentary. Meanwhile, false accusations and anti-trans smears spread rapidly after the shooting, including harassment of a trans woman falsely accused, and those promoting sensational falsehoods faced no comparable consequences.
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