"The Kimmel debacle is a great example of how it can work you had Brendan Carr on Benny Johnson's podcast saying like, We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way.' They pull him off the air [and] the public outcry is such and it's so huge, and people, you know, unsubscribed and drop their Disney+ subscriptions. And so he comes back and he's put back on the air. And even the Sinclair affiliates put him back."
"If you somehow missed the drama, ABC and Disney suspended Kimmel on Sept. 17 for implying the man who killed Charlie Kirk was a supporter of President Donald Trump contrary to reports. Here is the comment from his Sept. 15 show that led to his suspension: The MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it."
ABC and Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel on Sept. 17 after a Sept. 15 comment implied the man who killed Charlie Kirk was a supporter of President Donald Trump, contrary to reports. Nexstar, Sinclair, and FCC Chair Brendan Carr pushed back, prompting the suspension within hours. A large public backlash included unsubscribes and dropped Disney+ subscriptions, and affiliates ultimately restored Kimmel to the air. The swift reinstatement and affiliate reversals signaled that Americans opposed heavy-handed media punishments and that political pressure tied to Trump faces limits amid low Trump polling and perceptions of a weakening presidency.
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