> after Kimmel asked about possible ties between Charlie Kirk’s killer and MAGA.
That is disingenuous nonsense; you are corrupting Kimmel's words.
What he actually said was this:
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with 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."
There was no 'asking', no equivocation; Kimmel made an outright statement that is clearly false.
As The Free Press editorial writes:
"The host appears to have been so isolated in his Bluesky bubble that he actually believed that Tyler Robinson was a man of the right when all the evidence suggests just the opposite. If ABC on its own had fired the host for clueless material, that would have been entirely within their rights."
That said - accepting that Kimmel was entirely out of line - I concur that his cancellation is the direct result of government coercion, which is wrong. Agreed. Shouldn't happen.
Let the people/businesses work things out. As the Free Press says:
"To be sure, the market pressures against Kimmel were real. Sinclair and Nexstar Media Group, which together control hundreds of local television stations, threatened to drop Kimmel’s show after Monday night’s episode. Both companies were likely reflecting genuine disgust from the local affiliates they own in red states and conservative districts."
If the FCC had stayed out of it and Kimmel was still dropped that would have been quite appropriate.
By the way, in my opinion there's no clear causal link between the government and Colbert's cancellation. From my recollection it was all about bad ratings and viewership. Certainly no overt threats from the government. Your stating that Colbert was the first to 'fall to the Trump administration' is only a theory based on circumstantial context of potential grounds where the government *could* have brought pressure to bear in the nebulous future. Don't let your political bias make premature judgements and state paranoid possibility as fact.
But you're right about Kimmel being wrongly cancelled due to government pressure.
> after Kimmel asked about possible ties between Charlie Kirk’s killer and MAGA.
That is disingenuous nonsense; you are corrupting Kimmel's words.
What he actually said was this:
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with 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."
Here's the recording:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/68qMX7OfXuw
There was no 'asking', no equivocation; Kimmel made an outright statement that is clearly false.
As The Free Press editorial writes:
"The host appears to have been so isolated in his Bluesky bubble that he actually believed that Tyler Robinson was a man of the right when all the evidence suggests just the opposite. If ABC on its own had fired the host for clueless material, that would have been entirely within their rights."
https://www.thefp.com/p/jawboning-and-jimmy-kimmel-free-speech-censorship
That said - accepting that Kimmel was entirely out of line - I concur that his cancellation is the direct result of government coercion, which is wrong. Agreed. Shouldn't happen.
Let the people/businesses work things out. As the Free Press says:
"To be sure, the market pressures against Kimmel were real. Sinclair and Nexstar Media Group, which together control hundreds of local television stations, threatened to drop Kimmel’s show after Monday night’s episode. Both companies were likely reflecting genuine disgust from the local affiliates they own in red states and conservative districts."
If the FCC had stayed out of it and Kimmel was still dropped that would have been quite appropriate.
By the way, in my opinion there's no clear causal link between the government and Colbert's cancellation. From my recollection it was all about bad ratings and viewership. Certainly no overt threats from the government. Your stating that Colbert was the first to 'fall to the Trump administration' is only a theory based on circumstantial context of potential grounds where the government *could* have brought pressure to bear in the nebulous future. Don't let your political bias make premature judgements and state paranoid possibility as fact.
But you're right about Kimmel being wrongly cancelled due to government pressure.