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Jimmy Kimmel Pulled “Indefinitely” By ABC After Nexstar Drops Late Nighter From Affiliates Over Charlie Kirk Comments (deadline.com)
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[–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 57 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This isn't even cancel culture at this point. It's a violation of our rights to free speech.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago

Direct threat from the administration:

“Frankly, when you see stuff like this, I mean, we can do this the easy way, or these companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Trump had Colbert cancelled and said Kimmel was next on Truth Social back in July: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114874422468516376

The FCC chairmen threatened ABC: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/brendan-carr-abc-fcc-jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-1236522406/