Skavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-24 days agoJimmy Kimmel Pulled “Indefinitely” By ABC After Nexstar Drops Late Nighter From Affiliates Over Charlie Kirk Commentsdeadline.comexternal-linkmessage-square124linkfedilinkarrow-up1597arrow-down12 cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1595arrow-down1external-linkJimmy Kimmel Pulled “Indefinitely” By ABC After Nexstar Drops Late Nighter From Affiliates Over Charlie Kirk Commentsdeadline.comSkavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square124linkfedilink cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squareSibshops@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up60arrow-down2·4 days agoThis isn’t even cancel culture at this point. It’s a violation of our rights to free speech.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·4 days agoDirect 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.”
minus-squarecyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-24 days agoTrump 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/
This isn’t even cancel culture at this point. It’s a violation of our rights to free speech.
Direct threat from the administration:
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/