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Late-night show hosts decry suspension of Kimmel’s show: ‘Blatant assault on freedom of speech’

Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman criticize ABC’s parent company, Disney and FCC chief Brendan Carr

The Guardian - US

Eying Bottom Line, US Media Giants Bow To Trump

The suspension by Disney-owned ABC of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is the latest surrender by a US media giant to pressure from the Trump administration, putting the bottom line over free speech.

International Business Times

Abolish the FCC

The Trump Administration's recent abuses of the agency's powers lend weight to longstanding libertarian arguments for abolishing it, going back to Nobel Prize-winning economist Ronald Coase's classic 1959 article.

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Jimmy Kimmel Given List Of Demands By Network To Fulfil If He Hopes To Return To Air

Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show is suspended indefinitely, with ABC’s largest affiliate issuing a list of demands before the show can return.

Pedestrian.tv

Jimmy Kimmel ‘furious’ over show axing

After ABC suspended his late-night talk show following remarks he made about the killing of political activist Charlie Kirk, Jimmy Kimmel is said to be fuming.

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Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Fallout: Cancel Disney+ Searches Soar, Will Comcast Win With Fallon?

News that ABC, a unit of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), suspended Jimmy Kimmel has shaken the entertainment industry, as President Donald Trump celebrates the move.

Benzinga

Even the former Proud Boys’ leader is speaking out about the cancellation of left-wing speakers for Charlie Kirk comments

The right wing extremist group, Proud Boys, are now focused on getting people who celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death fired from their jobs

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Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension isn’t cancel culture. It’s a five-alarm fire of censorship and capitulation

ANALYSIS: The ‘Free Speech’ crew are at it again, making sure nobody says anything — in their own words — ‘ideologically improper’, writes Holly Baxter

The Independent UK

First Kimmel, then Fallon and Meyers? A veteran TV scholar says late night can’t survive politics anymore — and today’s hosts must ‘tread carefully’

“We may be coming full circle," Robert Thompson of Syracuse University told Fortune, "back to a Carson-style, harmless late night—with NBC the last one standing.”

Fortune

Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert … who is the next to be silenced?

When a regime can use the power of the law to punish speech because it does not like that speech’s content, then speech is not free

The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel’s “indefinite” suspension should scare you

This is really scary!

The Mary Sue

Trump v Kimmel: simmering feud ends with comedian’s talkshow yanked off air

Comedian, whose show was pulled after Charlie Kirk comment, has long been a thorn in president’s side

The Guardian - US

Kimmel's future hangs in balance after ABC suspends his late-night show over Charlie Kirk comments

Jimmy Kimmel’s television future is hanging in the balance after ABC suspended his late-night show following the host’s comments about Charlie Kirk’s killing

The Independent UK

Stephen Colbert on falling vaccine rates: ‘What other scientific advances are people going to toss out?’

While ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel from the air ‘indefinitely’, other late-night hosts discuss declining US vaccination rates and Kash Patel’s disastrous Capitol Hill hearing

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Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension is an alarming new low for the US culture wars

The late-night show getting pulled ‘indefinitely’ after relatively mild commentary about the right is another worrying sign of where Trump’s America is heading

The Independent UK

Reactions pour in about ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show

ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show following comments he made about the killing of Charlie Kirk has set off a flood of reactions

Cinemablend

Ben Stiller And Way More Hollywood Names React To Jimmy Kimmel Getting Pulled Off The Air

More shocking late night drama.

The Guardian - US

Trump’s suit against the New York Times is nonsense. Yet it poses a grave threat

The president won’t prevail in court. But his cases against media companies have a potential chilling effect on criticism of the government

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Evening Standard

What did Jimmy Kimmel say? Talk show host taken off air over Charlie Kirk comments

Jimmy Kimmel's show was taken off the air following comments about Charlie Kirk — but some fear it's an attack on free speech

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel suspension: Obama and Hollywood warn of ‘attack on free speech’ as Trump praises news

Kimmel was taken off air following his comments about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

Euronews

Jimmy Kimmel axed: Trump celebrates as Hollywood and political world denounce censorship

First Stephen Colbert, now Jimmy Kimmel. ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! from its network “indefinitely” has sent shockwaves through the media industry, Hollywood and the political world. Many are criticizing the decision – which was applauded by Donald Trump – as an act of censorship.

Evening Standard

Jimmy Kimmel show suspended ‘indefinitely’ after Charlie Kirk comments - what did he say?

The comedian told his audience ‘many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalise on the murder of Charlie Kirk’

The Guardian - AU

‘Censoring you in real time’: suspension of Jimmy Kimmel show sparks shock and fears for free speech

ABC decision over Kimmel comments comes hours after Trump-appointed chair of US media regulator threatened broadcaster’s affiliate stations’ licenses

Cinemablend

ABC Suspends Jimmy Kimmel Live! After Comments From The Host, When Guests Were Already ‘Cooking Something Special’ For New Episode

Jimmy Kimmel will be missing from late night indefinitely.

Latin Times

What did Jimmy Kimmel Said About Charlie Kirk? ABC Suspends His Late Night TV Show

ABC suspended 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' indefinitely after the late-night host's comments about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk drew sharp backlash from affiliates, regulators, and viewers. The move marks one of the most significant shakeups in network late-night television since the cancellation of 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'…

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