Dude, you have to give it to ABC. The speed at which he will sneak in President Donald Trump is really impressive.
It only took a few hours for the powers in place so that the end of evening host also awarded the touch indefinitely Jimmy Kimmel after the Trump administration expressed his dissatisfaction with Kimmel’s recent monologue.
Let’s start this chronology. Wednesday afternoon, the president of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr attended the Podcast of Benny Johnson, who is apparently where the government now announces the investigations, and Threatened ABC During the remarks that Kimmel made on the killer of Charlie Kirk. In the early evening, ABC had Taken Kimmel’s show indefinitely.
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It’s a quick turnaround! Of course, ABC has always been good to quickly capitulate Trump quickly. After winning the elections in 2024, ABC managers did not even bother to wait until he took office before give it $ 16 million In the hope that his administration would leave them alone.
Debrication. These $ 16 million, apparently paid to set up a defamation trial without merit, bought them nothing. You cannot negotiate with terrorists. All that Abc did was to show how much he was willing to access Trump’s requests.
Carr’s threat was not at all subtle. He told Johnson that the FCC “can do it the simplest way or the hard way”, which is a really bizarre gangster to get out of the mouth of an agency chair. Then, he clearly indicated what was the “easy way”: “These companies can find ways to change their driving and act, frankly, on Kimmel where there will be additional work for the FCC to come.”
So what terrible things Kimmel said who justified ABC jumping his show on the basis of a few Carr words? You can look whole Kimmel’s monologue and see for yourself.
The remarks on which Carr was the most exasperated was, to be honest, sweet as fucking and constitutes nothing to be done at a distance. But hey, he was talking about Charlie Kirk, and we now have a whole The armed federal government Against anyone who does not do with sumptuous hi kirk. What was so furious carr in particular?
“We hit new stockings during the weekend with the Gang Maga trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as something other than one of them,” said Kimmel. He also said Maga used Kirk’s death to score political points.
Here is the thing. This is absolutely what Gang Maga has done when the world learned that Kirk was dead. They tried to blame the left Short And transgender especially. The fact that the alleged Kirk killer, Tyler Robinson, may have been Motivated by the desire to stop the hatred of Kirk or because he had a trans roommate does not change this.
So now, you don’t just have trouble to praise Charlie Kirk insufficiently as a 13th disciple or greater hero of civil rights in history or other. You are also in trouble to talk about what Trump supporters – including members of his administration – Font. Got it.
One of the largest owners of the country’s television, Nexstar Media, immediately Tell ABC This would preempt Kimmel’s show on his remarks. What prompted Nexstar to drop Kimmel so quickly?
According to Nexstar, Kimmel The comments were “Offensive and insensitive to a critical moment in our national political discourse, and we do not think that they reflect the spectrum of opinions, opinions or values of local communities in which we are located.”
Censor Kimmel, by Nexstar, is actually cool and brilliant, because it “will allow cooler heads to prevail while we are heading towards the resumption of a respectful and constructive dialogue”.
Of course, that may be it, but maybe it’s Nexstar just inked An agreement of $ 6.2 billion with the owner of the Rival Tagna broadcasting station, and this agreement must be approved by the Trump administration.
Sinclair, the largest ABC affiliation group in the country, announced that Kimmel should “apologize to the Kirk family” and “make a personal donation to the Kirk family and Turning Point USA”.
It is true – for the crime of criticizing the odious way that the right is to use Kirk’s death, Kimmel must apologize and give his own money to the cause of Kirk’s extreme right.
Sinclair also said that he would “broadcast a special memory of Charlie Kirk this Friday, during Jimmy Kimmel Live’s time place” and that “will also be broadcast in all the stations of Sinclair this weekend”.
Kimmel now joins Stephen Colbert, whose show was canceled by CBS in what was clearly a What is the place where For the administration to approve the merger between Paramount and Skydance. Car Fortunately took the credit for this, and clearly felt – correctly – that the threats of the FCC obtain results.
In addition, Carr simply delivered what Trump demanded in July Social truth After CBS canceled Stephen Colbert’s show in what was clearly a What is the place where For the administration to approve the merger between Paramount and Skydance.
“I love the fact that Colbert was dismissed. His talent was even less than his notes. I hear that Jimmy Kimmel is the next one,” he published on social networks. “Has even less talent than Colbert! Greg Gutfeld is better than all combined, including Cretin on NBC which ruined the spectacle formerly big tonight.”
On Wednesday, after the news announced that ABC had successfully completed Kimmel, Trump has listed his next requests on social networks.
Cat, is it good when the networks dismiss their winning hosts awarded to stall the favor of the diet? Is it all we should claim that Fox News host Greg Gutfield is funny?
Here is the thing. Each agreement with this administration is a bad deal. Putting Trump’s simulant defamation trial so quickly last year, ABC said the administration how low, vulnerable to the slightest pressure.
Trump will continue to come after any media business that never talks about him or his traveler colleagues, and no amount of money will solve this problem. Unless ABC wants to transform into Fox or Newsmax is their future.
Publisher’s note: This story has been updated with a response from Trump and an announcement from Sinclair, the largest ABC affiliation group in the country.
