"The network yanked him after he politicized the assassination of Charlie Kirk by mocking MAGA's frantic attempts to frame the shooter as anyone but one of their own. The punchline wasn't sharp, the timing was ugly, and the response was swift. Affiliates pulled the show, Disney benched him indefinitely, and the former president quietly got precisely what he's been demanding for years. President Donald Trump has long pressed ABC to fire Kimmel."
"For Disney executives, it may have looked like risk management. To many of us, it looked like corporate cowardice. And here's where it connects to something larger: The growing MAGA talking point that the real problem isn't Trump's behavior, but the media's insistence on calling it what it is. The rhetorical move is simple and effective. When critics call out authoritarian behavior, the first defense is not to rebut the charge on its merits but to attack the messenger."
"The media made people think he's a fascist is the canned response. It flips the script. Scrutiny becomes persecution, reporting becomes propaganda, and the subject of the reporting becomes the aggrieved party. Elon Musk recently boosted a viral post from MAGA influencer Eric Schmitt that blamed news media reporting for Americans' growing belief that Trump is behaving in a fascistic way. Schmitt cited polls that revealed 87% of Democrats see Trump as a fascist,"
Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC after he politicized the assassination of Charlie Kirk by mocking MAGA's attempts to portray the shooter as not one of their own. Affiliates pulled the show and Disney benched him indefinitely. President Donald Trump had repeatedly pressured ABC to fire Kimmel and portrayed network coverage as hostile. Many observers view ABC's action as corporate risk management or cowardice. MAGA advocates increasingly shift blame onto the media, reframing scrutiny as persecution and reporting as propaganda. Influencers and figures like Elon Musk amplify claims that media reporting fuels perceptions of Trump as authoritarian. Polls cited by MAGA supporters are used to argue media culpability.
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