ABC, Disney, and primary broadcast affiliate Nexstar have pulled Jimmy Kimmel over his tasteless comments on Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
“Mr. Kimmel’s comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located,” said Andrew Alford, President of Nexstar’s broadcasting division. “Continuing to give Mr. Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at the current time, and we have made the difficult decision to preempt his show in an effort to let cooler heads prevail as we move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue.”
Sinclair, the largest ABC affiliate group, will air a one-hour tribute to Kirk on Friday at 11:35 PM ET…Kimmel’s spot.
This is the statement from Sinclair:
Kimmel came under fire for lying about suspect Tyler Robinson being a part of MAGA even after the evidence proved otherwise: “We had 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 with everything they can to score political points from it.”
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened action against ABC, Disney and Kimmel. From Breitbart News:
“This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead,” Carr told Benny Johnson.“There are calls for Kimmel to be fired. I think you could certainly see a path forward for suspension over this,” he remarked.Carr continued, “The FCC could make a strong argument that this is sort of an intentional effort to mislead the American people about a very core fundamental fact, a very important matter.”“Disney needs to see some change here. But the individual licensed stations that are taking their content, it’s time for them to step up and say this, you know, garbage to the extent that that’s what comes down the pipe in the future isn’t something that we think serves the needs of our local communities,” Carr stated. “But this sort of status quo is obviously not, not acceptable where we are.”
Jennifer Sey, the woman behind the amazing clothing line XX-XY, reminded everyone how Kimmel treated people during COVID:
Jimmy Kimmel has been taken off the air. He made a statement calling Charlie Kirk’s assassin MAGA, which is provably false, even as stated by @nytimes.The guy who said “rest in peace wheezy” during covid suggesting unvaxxed patients should be left to die, has finally gone too far. The tide has officially turned.
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