Journalist Mark Halperin appeared on the ‘Ingraham Angle’ last night and discussed ABC News’ decision to put the Jimmy Kimmel show on indefinite hiatus over his remarks about Charlie Kirk.
He noted that ‘conservatives watch TV too’ and that ABC has given lots of airtime to Trump-hating shows like Kimmel’s and ‘The View’ over the last decade.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
HALPERIN: It’s incredible that the Walt Disney company, which for many, many years has allowed “The View” and Jimmy Kimmel to take up two hours of real estate to appeal to the big stations in New York and Los Angeles and Chicago, where the audiences are more liberal. And now at least one station group, and I believe it’s at least two where their stations are in more rural areas and not in the big coastal cities and said, no, a comment like that in the current environment less than a week after Charlie Kirk was assassinated is not acceptable. And the fact that ABC did that under some pressure from the FCC, but more under pressure from station owners is a watershed again, in a history of a company that put pumped out “The View” anti-Trump for a decade, Jimmy Kimmel, anti-Trump for a decade, no equal time for MAGA, no equal time for conservative voices.This was a bridge too far under the circumstances. And it’s of a piece with what we’re seeing, which is some government coercion, but also just the market is speaking conservatives watch TV too. And they found that unacceptable.
Here’s the clip:
In another moment from the same appearance, Halperin noted that Democrats don’t understand the magnitude of Kirk or the impact of his assassination. He says that it’s just another example of their kneejerk reaction that anything or anyone Trump likes must be bad. Watch:
Finally, I’ll leave you with one last Halperin clip. He recently appeared on Megyn Kelly’s podcast and suggested that the Kirk assassination is so big that it could change the course of the 2026 midterms.
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