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Top Oversight Dem launches probe into ABC’s Kimmel suspension
ABC suspended "Jimmy Kimmel Live" after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and major affiliates pressured the network over Kimmel's comments linking Charlie Kirk's assassin to the MAGA movement.
- ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely after threats from the Federal Communications Commission, following Kimmel's comments regarding Charlie Kirk's assassination.
- Kimmel's remarks suggested political exploitation of Kirk’s death, leading to regulatory pressure on ABC from officials linked to Donald Trump.
- The suspension has drawn widespread criticism from various actors and unions, condemning it as a serious attack on free speech rights.
- Former President Barack Obama also criticized the action, labeling it as a dangerous level of government coercion against the media.
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David Letterman criticizes ABC’s decision to take Kimmel’s show off the air as ‘no good’
Former late night host David Letterman spoke to The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s show for his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.. CNN’s Brian Stelter reports.
·Atlanta, United States
Read Full ArticleDavid Letterman Reacts To Kimmel Pause: “You Can’t Fire Somebody Because You’re Trying To Suck Up To An Authoritarian Criminal Administration In The Oval Office”
“You Can't Fire Somebody Because You're Trying To Suck Up To An Authoritarian Criminal Administration In The Oval Office," he said.
·Los Angeles, United States
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Leaning Left42Leaning Right23Center48Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Center
Bias Distribution
- 42% of the sources are Center
42% Center
L 37%
C 42%
R 20%
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