When Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr suggested Jimmy Kimmel should be suspended and said, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” ABC and its local affiliates were listening.
Do you have proof of that? I ask because CNN certainly doesn't. Not one iota. None. Zip. Nada. Nowhere, and I mean nowhere has anyone provided even a hint of evidence that Carr's statements on a friggin' podcast had a single thing to do with ABC's decision. CNN lies (no surprise there).
Within a matter of hours, ABC suspended Kimmel’s show “indefinitely,”
It was within a matter of minutes, not a matter of hours. A matter of minutes after Nexstar and Sinclair said they would be dropping the Kimmel show because of comments that Kimmel made. They even said exactly that. But hey, don't take my word for it. Read it for yourself:
https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-abc-affiliates-to-preempt-jimmy-kimmel-live-indefinitely-beginning-tonight/IRVING, TX (Sept. 17, 2025)—Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), today announced that the company’s owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for the foreseeable future beginning with tonight’s show. Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.
“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.”
Gary Weitman
EVP & Chief Communication Officer
Now about those comments. Kimmel made derogatory comments about Kirk's death on three different shows - Sept 11, 15, and 16. This wasn't a one-time event as CNN would have you believe. This was a pattern. And after three strikes, Nextar had had enough. So to ignore three separate statements over the course of four Kimmel appearances is dishonest at best.
The Democrat Party narrative here is your typical post hoc fallacy. Two events happening at around the same time - one being blamed for causing the other - with zero evidence to back it up. Liberals utilize this fallacy quite a bit.
. . . a stunning move that has raised serious First Amendment concerns.
Concern for the First Amendment? Let's have a look at that, shall we?
Congress shall make no law . . .
So where does Congress come into play here? What did Congress do that denied any of the five rights enumerated within that Amendment? Let me clue you in. NOTHING. Congress had NOTHING to do with this. So, let's drop all this "First Amendment" bullshit and get to the underlying right - free speech. Where was Jimmy Kimmel's free speech denied? How was he silenced? How was he censored? Because last time I checked, Jimmy Kimmel is still running his mouth telling everyone he isn't apologizing for any of this three episodes of Kirk-related slander.
Like I said, CNN lies.
