"President Donald Trump and other Republicans lauded the suspension while Kimmel's supporters denounced it as censorship, since it came in the aftermath of vociferous criticism from the president and comments from his Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr that his agency can do this the easy way or the hard way if companies don't find ways to change conduct and take action."
"Two of the questions focused on recent free speech controversies. The online poll by Leger Marketing surveyed 1,010 adults in the U.S. from September 26 through September 29, with the results weighted according to age, gender, region, education, ethnicity, and number of people in the household in order to ensure a representative sample of the American population. The margin of error was +/- 3.1 percent."
ABC indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! after comments about Tyler Robinson, who is charged with murdering Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. President Donald Trump and other Republicans praised the suspension, while supporters called it censorship amid presidential criticism and remarks from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. Disney later announced the show would return after conversations describing the comments as ill-timed and insensitive. Nexstar and Sinclair initially declined to air the show on owned ABC affiliates but reversed course. A Leger Marketing poll of 1,010 U.S. adults (margin of error +/-3.1%) found strong opposition to government restrictions on speech, including across party lines.
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