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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Experts say FCC chair Brendan Carr's threats to broadcasters violate the First Amendment and are an abuse of the FCC's power — The startling decision by ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's show under pressure from President Trump requires a real response from Democrats.
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Benny Johnson / @bennyjohnson: BREAKING: The FCC Chairman is threatening immediate action against Jimmy Kimmel, ABC, and Disney for deliberately misleading the public by claiming Charlie Kirk's assassin was a MAGA Conservative. Chairman Brendan Carr calls Kimmel's malicious lies are “truly sick” and says they [video]
Charlie Nash / Mediaite: Kimmel Was Reportedly About to Give Controversial Monologue When He Was Suspended: ‘He Has To Take Down the Temperature’
Filip Timotija / The Hill: FCC commissioner: 'We don't have the authority' to retaliate against broadcasters
Makena Kelly / Wired: Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times: Trump Pressures Broadcasters Over Critical Coverage, Escalating Attack on Speech
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic: The Constitution Protects Jimmy Kimmel's Mistake
David Shepardson / Reuters: Trump's FCC Chair Carr uses old powers in new ways to rein in media companies
Tina / @porpentina2017.bsky.social: We need to challenge things in both the court of public opinion & in our legal system. This is a violation of our 1st Amendment rights. — We need to be hounding reporters from ABC, CBS on social media & elsewhere & ask them what THEY think about this. — Sooner or later these thugs will face the 🎶
Michael C. Dorf / Dorf on Law: Wait! That's What Got Jimmy Kimmel Canceled? ABC Does it the Easy Way
Greg Sargent / @gregsargent.bsky.social: On Kimmel, Dems should say clearly that those who carry out Trump's corrupt orders will face consequences. Tell Brendan Carr that he can expect to face harsh scrutiny for potential lawbreaking. Say right on ABC that the network caved to an autocrat. — Thoughts on this: — newrepublic.com/article/2006... …
Carly Thomas / The Hollywood Reporter: Trump Says Broadcast Networks Should Lose Their FCC Licenses for Treating Him Unfairly
Zoë Richards / NBC Bay Area: Trump suggests FCC could revoke broadcast licenses of networks that give him ‘bad publicity’
Zoë Richards / NBC News: Trump suggests FCC could revoke licenses of TV broadcasters that give him too much ‘bad publicity’
@bluedotin.bsky.social: (New Republic) Realize that this is a liberal article, but still lots here to think about and hopefully make progress. As we previously discussed, there are many chapters to unfold still, with Trump and the FCC chair having lead actor roles. — newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Julia Barton / @bartona104.bsky.social: 'Carr's threats against ABC appear to be “a pretty clear-cut case of jawboning.” Jawboning refers to a type of informal coercion where government officials try to pressure private entities into suppressing or changing speech without using any actual formal legal action' www.wired.com/story/brenda...
@democracyactionnet.bsky.social: The startling decision by ABC News to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's show under pressure from President Trump requires a real response from Democrats. It has to go well beyond expressions of outrage ...
Wajahat Ali / @wajali.bsky.social: Important piece here. Democrats should investigate this fully. Bring Carr for hearings. He is openly publicizing how he apparently broke the law and used the FCC on behalf of Trump to exort ABC. — newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Michael Romano / Michael Romano on LinkedIn: It is hard to imagine something more corrosive to our First Amendment rights than when a presidential administration makes threats, and a major media organization immediately capitulates. …
Christopher Terry / @christopherterry.bsky.social: I suppose it goes without saying, but maybe it does need to be said. So here I go: any station, network or industry person who had even the smallest inkling of a spine could simply tell Brendan Carr to go pound sand, and there is basically nothing he could do about it — www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/j...
@sccdp@sfba.social: The cancelling of Jimmy Kimmel by the GOP is rallying defense of Free Speech. — The ACLU is ready to go. https://www.aclu.org/... Newsom blasts ABC. Media companies are kinda forgetting how many are here in CA . . . https://www.sfchronicle.com/ ... …
@50501movement.bsky.social: Great, can't wait for this corrupt fascist running the FCC to expose the next complicit executives and give us another boycott target.
Ilya Somin / Reason: Abolish the FCC — The Trump Administration Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) …
@ogsaigonbond.bsky.social: Trump's FCC stooge Brendan Carr stupidly continues to provide more evidence of the government's illegal & unconstitutional censorship & shakedown of media companies that Dear Leader doesn't like. — Jimmy Kimmel's probable lawsuit will have plenty of evidence for court. — www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/j...
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net: Nexstar denies FCC scrutiny factored into pre-emption of Jimmy Kimmel's show
Stacy Lambe / People: Donald Trump Claims Licensed Networks Are ‘Not Allowed’ to Rail on Him After ABC Halts Jimmy Kimmel Live! amid FCC Pressure
Alex Woodward / The Independent: Meet Trump's ‘free speech warrior’ behind Kimmel suspension — who opponents call a ‘grave threat’ to the First Amendment
James Faris / Business Insider: Jimmy Kimmel's suspension fits squarely into the FCC's new pressure playbook
James Morley III / NewsMax.com: ‘Get a Lawyer,’ Rep. Swalwell Warns FCC Chair Carr
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal: Back to Censor Culture — Jimmy Kimmel was canceling himself until Carr crashed into the scene.
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg: Who Is Brendan Carr? Meet the Regulator Behind Kimmel's Removal
Steve Benen / MSNBC: Targeting media content, Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC chair, is haunted by his own standards
Neil Griffiths / Rolling Stone: ‘Cowardly Corporate Capitulation’: FCC Commish Blasts Trump, Disney in Kimmel Debacle
Kathryn Watson / CBS News: Trump says TV networks covering him negatively should “maybe” have their licenses revoked
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Jimmy Kimmel planned to address backlash over his Charlie Kirk remarks on Wednesday's show, but Disney executives feared it could worsen the situation — The late-night host wanted to address the firestorm over his remarks about Charlie Kirk's killing on Wednesday's show.
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Ariel Zilber / New York Post: Disney bosses want Jimmy Kimmel to ‘de-escalate’ before putting show back on air: reports
Filip Timotija / The Hill: Walz on Kimmel suspension: ‘North Korea-style stuff’
Daniel Gura / RADAR: Jimmy Kimmel's Reaction to Show Being Pulled Over Charlie Kirk Assassination Remarks Revealed — as David Letterman Insists Late-night Host Will Survive Chaos
Julie Jargon / Yahoo Finance: How to Check What Your Teen Boy Is Doing Online
Jim Hᴏft / The Gateway Pundit: Jimmy Kimmel Planned to DOUBLE DOWN and ATTACK MAGA Before His Suspension — ABC Execs Ordered an Apology, But He Wrote a “VERY HOT” Anti-MAGA Monologue Instead
Dominic Patten / Deadline: Dissent Grows At Disney Over Jimmy Kimmel Benching As Talks About His Possible Return Continue
Andrew Tavani / @andrewtavani: The original plan was for Jimmy Kimmel to address FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's reaction to the late-night host's comments on the air Wednesday night, but when ABC execs got wind of what he was going to say, they pulled Kimmel's show indefinitely: https://www.msn.com/... [image]
Jeffrey A Tucker / @jeffreyatucker: Confirmed: it was viewer disgust and an advertiser revolt that drove decision making, not Carr's comments. https://www.wsj.com/...
Hailey Gomez / Daily Caller News Foundation: 'The FCC Hasn't Even Acted': Fmr GOP Gov Tells CNN About The Real People Kimmel ‘Ticked Off’
Page Six: Jimmy Kimmel's future at ABC was already up in air before Charlie Kirk uproar as contract came to close
Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters: Walt Disney Executives To Meet With Jimmy Kimmel, Assess Talk Show Future, Bloomberg News Reports
Matt Novak / @paleofuture.bsky.social: WSJ reports Jimmy Kimmel spoke to Disney execs before they suspended his show and he wanted to address the controversy on air. — “A person close to the show said that Kimmel was planning to say that his words were being purposefully twisted by some members of the Make America Great Again movement.”
@thedesk.net: No one was complaining about Jimmy Kimmel's monologue until Brendan Carr went on a podcast to criticize ABC. — Then, the network and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” were inundated with threatening e-mails, and some online users doxxed the show's staffers, prompting the network to suspend the show. [WSJ]
Deirdre Durkan-simonds / Daily Mail: Revealed: Who told Jimmy Kimmel his show was pulled ‘indefinitely’ over Charlie Kirk comments
Feeds-Bang / FemaleFirst: Jimmy Kimmel ‘furious’ over show axing
Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter: How Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension Went Down: Sponsor Freakouts, a Defiant Host and a Painful Call
Andrew Stanton / Newsweek: Everything Charlie Kirk Said About Jimmy Kimmel
Kimberlee Speakman / People: Who Made the Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! from Air? Find Out Which Execs at Disney Made the Call: Reports
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg: FCC's Carr Says Local Stations Are Pushing Back Over Content
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart: Report: Kimmel Refused to Apologize for Charlie Kirk Remarks on Air
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
President Trump says negative coverage about him by TV networks should be grounds for the FCC to revoke broadcast licenses, and “it will be up to Brendan Carr” — WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump said overwhelming negative coverage about him by television networks …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC: Trump floats pulling licenses if networks are ‘against’ him after Jimmy Kimmel suspended
Taylor Herzlich / New York Post: Trump suggests revoking TV licenses from networks ‘against’ him after Jimmy Kimmel pulled off air
Shelby Reese / Democrats: The “Party of Free Speech” Shuts Down Free Speech
Alex Henderson / Alternet.org: Trump FCC chair's ‘threats’ are brutally at odds with Supreme Court precedent: legal expert
Peter White / Deadline: Jimmy Kimmel Was Set To Address Charlie Kirk Comments On ABC Tonight Before Disney Pulled His Show; Move Raises Questions Over His Late-Night Future
Daisy Phillipson / Dexerto: How to watch The Daily Show after Jimmy Kimmel controversy
Tom Ambrose / The Guardian: Donald Trump suggests broadcasters could be punished over critical coverage amid Kimmel suspension - US politics live
Tim Karr / @timkarr.bsky.social: Trump about broadcasters today: — “They're giving me all this bad press, and they're getting a license ... maybe their license should be taken away” in a direct nod to FCC Chair Brendan Carr. — Still waiting on reporters to ask Carr: — “Will you take news outlets off the air for angering POTUS?”
Evann Gastaldo / Newser: Trump Says Negative Coverage of Him Is ‘Not Allowed’
Fiona Kelliher / Al Jazeera: Trump calls for US regulator to clamp down on critical media
Stuart Benjamin / Reason: The FCC Chair's Unprecedented, and Constitutionally Problematic, Response to Jimmy Kimmel
AnnaAnthro / @AnnaAnthro@mastodon.social: #Trump suggests pulling TV licenses after Jimmy Kimmel suspended — “I have read someplace that the networks were 97% against me, again, 97% negative, and yet I won and easily, all seven swing states,” referring to his 2024 election win. — “They give me only bad publicity, press.” …
Maddison Leach / 9News: Jimmy Kimmel spotted at lawyer's office as Trump's ‘tough guy’ warns this won't be ‘the last shoe to drop’
Michael Luciano / Mediaite: FCC Commissioner Rebukes Agency's Chair, Says 'We Don't Have the Authority' To Retaliate Against Broadcasters
@freedom.press: “This is an unprecedented abuse of the FCC's power,” @caitlinvogus.bsky.social told @newrepublic.com. “The ‘public interest’ standard was never meant to be used as a cudgel for the government to pressure broadcasters into only saying what the president wants them to say.”
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen.bsky.social: The government is “using the public interest standard to go after anything it doesn't like” says Anna Gomez. She is the only Democratic-appointed commissioner on the three-member Federal Communications Commission. — newrepublic.com/article/2006... Orbánization has surged forward in the last 24 hours.
Scott Horton / @robertscotthorton.bsky.social: This is pure fascism: During FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity, Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the “public interest,” and thus grounds for yanking licenses. This is not what “public interest” means.
Josh Marcus / The Independent: ‘All they do is hit Trump’: President suggests networks should have licenses ‘taken away’ for being too critical
Wes Walser / @weswalser.bsky.social: This is not how our country works and it's time for a bipartisan stop to this nonsense. If Trump can't handle the criticism then he should resign. — www.usatoday.com/story/news/ p...
Andrew Pantazi / Axios: Trump suggests pulling TV licenses from critics
Nicole Charky-Chami / Raw Story: ‘I get 97% negative!’ Trump uncorks big threat for broadcasters over critical coverage
Steve Benen / MSNBC: ‘Not allowed’: Trump makes ridiculous new claims about media critics and the free press
Jeff Mordock / Washington Times: Trump says networks could lose federal broadcast licenses for criticizing him too much
Michael Koziol / Sydney Morning Herald: 'They're not allowed to do that': Trump threatens TV licences over coverage of him
Sean Casten / @SeanCasten@mastodon.social: This is very good from Greg Sargent. The Kimmel firing is about bribery and corruption at the FCC and the Trump WH. Kirk is just a pretext for what the author of the FCC section of Project 2025 (e.g., Carr) wanted to do all along. https://newrepublic.com/...
Michael Katz / NewsMax.com: Trump: Yank Licenses From Biased Networks
@MJ@progressivecafe.social: So this was revenge against people who hurt his feelings about his shitty presidency and has nothing to whatever was said about Charlie Kirk, which was nothing offensive or against whatever “public interest” means to them. Got it. #Fascism — Trump suggests pulling TV licenses after Jimmy Kimmel suspended: …
Robert Garcia / @robertgarcia.bsky.social: The Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into ABC, Sinclair, and the FCC. — We will not be intimidated and we will defend the First Amendment.
Brett Samuels / The Hill: Trump on Jimmy Kimmel: Networks that only criticize him ‘not allowed to do that’
Peter M. Shane / @petermshane.bsky.social: In the great scheme of things, the subhead error may seem minor, but the FCC Chair is not the “boss” of the other commissioners. Perhaps civics education could start with news media? Trump's Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse Than You Think It Is newrepublic.com/article/2006... via @newrepublic.com
Greg Sargent / @gregsargent.bsky.social: Again, FCC chair Brendan Carr basically SAID THIS STRAIGHT OUT on Sean Hannity in a quote that nobody noticed: — newrepublic.com/article/2006... [embedded post]
Greg Sargent / @gregsargent.bsky.social: Anna Gomez, the lone Dem on FCC, tells me the Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel violates the Communications Act, which bars censorship of broadcasters. — Gomez also says Brendan Carr is pressuring Nextar, which is waiting for FCC approval for a merger. — newrepublic.com/article/2006... …
Jessica Wang / Entertainment Weekly: Donald Trump says Jimmy Kimmel was suspended from late night over ‘bad ratings’ and ‘lack of talent’
Michael Tomasky / @mjtoma.bsky.social: And now, @gregsargent.bsky.social quotes the lone Dem FCC commish as suggesting that Chair Brendan Carr's action may have been illegal. newrepublic.com/article/2006... via @newrepublic.com
Ramsey Touchberry / Washington Examiner: Trump floats yanking broadcast network licenses after Jimmy Kimmel ouster
The Hollywood Reporter:
Brendan Carr says it is “worthwhile to have the FCC look into whether The View” and others qualify as bona fide news programs exempt from equal opportunity rule — The FCC chair's latest comments come after he condemned ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ for remarks made about the Charlie Kirk shooter.
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Faith Wardwell / Politico: FCC chair puts ‘The View’ under the spotlight after Kimmel pressure
William Hughes / The A.V. Club: The FCC might go after The View next
Lindsay Kornick / New York Post: FCC chair thinks investigating ‘The View’ ‘worthwhile’ after Jimmy Kimmel suspension
Sophia Flores / One America News Network: FCC chair thinks investigating ‘The View’ is ‘worthwhile’ after Jimmy Kimmel suspension
Nitish Pahwa / @nitishpahwa.com: and now, considering that NBC, ABC, and CBS have all caved to Trump and Carr in myriad ways, expect more of this www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ b...
Mariane Angela / The Daily Caller: Brendan Carr Identifies Which TV Show Is A Possible Target After Kimmel Suspension
Brett T. / twitchy.com: Brendan Carr Says It Might Be Worth ‘Looking Into’ ‘The View’ as a Bona Fide News Program
Robert Davis / Raw Story: Trump's FCC attack dog threatens another big-name ABC show
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill: Brendan Carr suggests it's ‘worthwhile’ for FCC to probe ‘The View’
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
How the outrage over Jimmy Kimmel's remarks on Charlie Kirk ballooned, starting with one X user, who monitors late night shows for liberal bias, posting a clip — Right-wing users on social media on Tuesday were frustrated but not yet apoplectic about Jimmy Kimmel's monologue. Things changed.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir: ABC Yanked Kimmel Before He Could Double Down: CNN
Chris Nesi / New York Post: Jimmy Kimmel's suspension just latest example of Disney yanking celebrities off the air — joining ranks of Roseanne, Gina Carano
Beth Shilliday / RADAR: Charlie Kirk's Eerie Tweet About Jimmy Kimmel Resurfaces Hours After Late-night Host's Show Is Pulled By ABC Over Remarks About Podcaster's Assassination
Natalie Sandoval / The Daily Caller: Trump Admin Tricks Liberals Into Boycotting Disney
Megan Sims / Plain Dealer: Celebs, Hollywood unions outraged after ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ pulled from air
George Winslow / TV Tech:
The FCC's Anna Gomez, the commission's lone Democrat, calls ABC's decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off the air a “cowardly corporate capitulation” to FCC threats — She called ABC's decision a “cowardly corporate capitulation” to threats from the FCC to suspend broadcast licenses that have no legal basis in “facts or the law”
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Business Insider: Late-night hosts reacted to Jimmy Kimmel's suspension with the sharpest tools in their kit: comedy and defiance
Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian: House Democrats call for FCC chair to quit over Jimmy Kimmel suspension
Jonathan Yerushalmy / Portside: ‘Censoring You in Real Time’: Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Show Sparks Shock and Fears for Free Speech
Julia Conley / Common Dreams: ‘Red Alert Moment’ for Free Speech as ABC Cowers to Trump FCC and Cancels Kimmel
Amelia Hansford / PinkNews: Queer celebs voice support for Jimmy Kimmel amid growing calls for Disney boycott
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times: Conservatives hoot as leftists launch Disney boycott for yanking Jimmy Kimmel
Eoin Higgins / The Intercept: Jimmy Kimmel Wasn't the Biggest Corporate Media Capitulation to Trump This Week
Matt Kiser / What The Fuck Just Happened Today?: Day 1703: “We're not done yet.” — Today in one sentence: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story: Big potential update about Disney and Jimmy Kimmel's future revealed on MSNBC
Curtis Houck / Newsbusters: Networks Mourn Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, ABC Falsely Claims FCC Canned Him
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Suspension Echoes an Earlier ABC Late Night Controversy
Wyatte Grantham-Philips / Chicago Tribune: Why was Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show suspended? Here's what we know.
Deadline: Government Threats Against Jimmy Kimmel Are “Truly Empty”, Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Says
Chris Katje / Benzinga: Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Fallout: Cancel Disney+ Searches Soar, Will Comcast Win With Fallon?
Christine Wang / Axios: Exclusive: FCC commissioner criticizes administration for “weaponizing” agency's authority
Gene Maddaus / Variety: FCC Chairman Threatens ABC Over Jimmy Kimmel's Remarks About Charlie Kirk's Killer
NCS | NewscastStudio: ABC suspends production of ‘Kimmel’ over Kirk comments: Here's what's happened
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico: Obama scolds media companies: Get a spine
Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider: FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez blasts ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel
David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner: FCC chairman faces resignation calls from top Democrats over Jimmy Kimmel suspension
@agomezfcc.bsky.social: But even the threat to revoke a license is no small matter. It poses an existential risk to a broadcaster, which by definition cannot exist without its license. — That makes billion-dollar companies with pending business before the agency all the more vulnerable to pressure.
@agomezfcc.bsky.social: When corporations surrender in the face of that pressure, they endanger not just themselves, but the right to free expression for everyone in this country. — The duty to defend the First Amendment does not rest with government, but with all of us.
@agomezfcc.bsky.social: First, an ABC reporter was told that his coverage amounted to hate speech and he should be prosecuted simply for doing his job. — Then, the FCC threatened to go after this same network, seizing on a late-night comedian's inopportune joke as a pretext to punish speech it disliked.
@agomezfcc.bsky.social: That led to a shameful show of cowardly corporate capitulation by ABC that has put the foundation of the First Amendment in danger. — We cannot allow an inexcusable act of political violence to be twisted into a justification for government censorship and control.
Kayla Aldecoa / National Enquirer: Jimmy Kimmel Spotted For First Time Since His Late-Night Show Was Suspended by ABC
Daily News: Kimmel's future hangs in balance after ABC suspends his late-night show over Charlie Kirk comments
Elisabeth McGowan / Hollywood Life: Is ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Canceled? Get Updates on the Late-Night Show's Fate
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney's ABC says it will take Jimmy Kimmel Live! off its schedule “indefinitely” after Nexstar said its ABC affiliates would pre-empt airings of the program
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Toni Fitzgerald / Forbes: Jimmy Kimmel Ratings Over The Years: He Was No. 1 With Young Adults
Brendan Carr / @brendancarrfcc: I want to thank Nexstar for doing the right thing. Local broadcasters have an obligation to serve the public interest. While this may be an unprecedented decision, it is important for broadcasters to push back on Disney programming that they determine falls short of community
Riley Cardoza / Page Six: David Letterman reveals how Jimmy Kimmel reacted to indefinite suspension from late-night show
Joshua Monnington / The Federalist: The Only Way To End Leftist Violence Is To Defeat Leftism Itself
JD Vance / @jdvance: Everyone please congratulate @marcorubio, the new host of ABC's late night show!
Steven Beschloss / America, America: Capitulation and the Attack on Free Speech
Amy Kuperinsky / New Jersey Online: Jon Stewart's gold-encrusted, Trump-praising take on Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Free speech means speech that supports the president’
Erin Crabtree / Us Weekly: Stephen Colbert Defends Jimmy Kimmel After ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Is Pulled Off the Air: Report
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter: Hollywood Teamsters React to Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Rail Against Corporate Consolidation
Liam Reilly / CNN: FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel's remarks about Charlie Kirk
Benny Johnson / @bennyjohnson: This is what got Kimmel fired. Right here. Watch. It's called soft power. The Left uses it all the time. Thanks to President Trump, the Right has learned how to wield power as well. Brendan Carr is the most consequential FCC Chairman in American History [video]
Steven L. Taylor / OutsideTheBeltway: Jimmy Kimmel Suspended Over Kirk Comments
Nick Catoggio / The Dispatch: The Easy Way — The end of American exceptionalism. — Something to chew on …
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel's band releases a statement calling the FCC's pressure on Disney “state censorship.” [image]
Alex Edelman / @alexedelman: It's not that a company fired a comedian for saying something - it's that the US government explicitly pressured them to. There's no censorship equivalent, at least in my lifetime.
Connor Surmonte / New York Post: David Letterman slams ABC for putting Jimmy Kimmel on pause over Charlie Kirk comments
Vivian Kwarm / New York Daily News: Everything we know about the status of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ and ‘Millionaire’
Nitish Pahwa / Slate: Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension Is a Five-Alarm Fire
@rooseveltinstitute.org: Yesterday, a late-night show vanished with a simple directive from 2 of the largest media companies you've never heard of (Nexstar & Sinclair), backed by the FCC. That's not “the market at work.” It's concentrated corporate power cooperating with an authoritarian. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Los Angeles Times: Behind the decision to bench Jimmy Kimmel: Trump FCC threats and charges of corporate cowardice
Ed Driscoll / Instapundit: LATE-NIGHT TV IS TRULY DEAD — and you can only blame egotistical, politically obsessed Kimmel and Colbert themselves. …
Isabel Santos / @isabelsantos.bsky.social: ABC and Disney yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live! despite executives saying he didn't cross a line, bowing to looming Trump administration threats—showing fear, not judgment, dictated the move. — www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/ tv... [image]
Jennifer Lenhart / National Enquirer: Crew Removes Items From Jimmy Kimmel's LA Studio After His Show Is Taken Off Air: See The Pics
Constance Grady / Vox: How Jimmy Kimmel became Trump's nemesis
Dylan Gwinn / Breitbart: Stephen A. Smith Goes After Kimmel Over Kirk Comments: 'Wasn't Anything Funny About That'
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: 'That's Not What He Said!' CNN Anchor Shuts Down Trump Ally Over Jimmy Kimmel-Charlie Kirk Rant
Joe Flint / @jbflint: BREAKNG: Disney's ABC is pulling Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely after late night host's recent remarks about Charlie Kirk. Move comes as ABC affiliate groups told network they would be dropping the host.
Gary Sargent / Gary Sargent on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/... So, what are everyone's thoughts on this one? Again, threats and pressure from DJT's team, which preaches free speech but only if it meets their criteria. …
Jason Lee / Bossip: Cancel Culture: Jimmy Kimmel Live! Off Air Indefinitely Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Sinclair Demands Apology And TPUSA Donation
Congresswoman Sara Jacobs / @sarajacobs.house.gov: This isn't cancel culture - it's state-sanctioned censorship. The President of the United States should know and respect that our First Amendment protects speech even if he doesn't agree with it. If Jimmy Kimmel can be fired, you can be too.
Chris Mautner / PennLive: How long will Jimmy Kimmel be off the air? Here's what we know
Craig Nigrelli / Straight Arrow News: Deadly police shooting in PA, Trump praises Kimmel's suspension: Unbiased Updates, Sept. 18, 2025
Steve White / @stevewhite.bsky.social: Free speech? — Free press? — Freedom of religion (other than Evangelical Christian)? — Freedom to petition the government for redress of grievances? — Going, going, gone. The Constitution is in tatters. — It will take America decades to recover from #MAGA, if it ever does.
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi / @congressmanraja …: The Trump administration is using the levers of government to silence speech it doesn't like. Pushing Jimmy Kimmel off the air under FCC pressure is censorship, plain and simple—and it's a dangerous assault on the First Amendment. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Dave Portnoy / @stoolpresidente: With Kimmel getting canned I'm seeing lots of people talking about the hypocrisy of cancel culture. To me Cancel culture is when people go out of their way to dig up old tweets, videos etc looking for dirt on somebody they don't like in an effort to get them fired. Like if
Mike Nellis / @mikenellis: Portnoy is missing the point here. If ABC, as Kimmel's employer, had an issue with what he said, that's one thing—but Trump and the FCC threatened to revoke their license if they didn't suspend him. That's what I'm upset about. It's an abuse of power, and if it happened to a
Peter W / @wang.social: It's official, America: we live in a fascist regime now. And it's “constitution-loving, small government” Republicans who are bringing this kind of censorship, wrapped in the American flag. — www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/ ...
Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller: I haven't seen anyone point out that Disney has a pending merger with Fubo, and that is being reviewed by Trump's Antitrust Division. However, state AGs - including Democrats - also have jurisdiction... [image]
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: Wall Street Journal: Disney is hoping to have “Jimmy Kimmel Live” back on the air in the next few days, a source told @jbflint. https://www.wsj.com/...
Congressman Glenn Ivey / @ivey.house.gov: ABC's decision to cancel Jimmy Kimmel Live, combined with the FCC's heavy-handed censorship, is an alarming attack on free speech and artistic expression. The government should never decide which voices get heard and which get silenced. — www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter: FCC Chair Threatens Jimmy Kimmel Over Charlie Kirk Monologue Comments; ABC Pulls Show
Thomas Pockrandt / @tho.bsky.social: Canceling TV shows doesn't silence people, it shifts them. Viewers move to YouTube, TikTok, podcasts, social media. Online voices are louder, more global, less filtered. That brings fresh perspectives.📱
Senator Ron Wyden / @wyden.senate.gov: Trump is launching a full blown attack on free speech while his harem of billionaires buys up every media platform. This is no coincidence. It's a coordinated attack on your fundamental right to speak freely without worrying if you'll lose your job or worse.
Nick Sortor / @nicksortor: 🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Disney's ABC is PULLING Jimmy Kimmel off-air nationwide effectively IMMEDIATELY and indefinitely following his remarks about Charlie Kirk's kiIIing, per WSJ This might be the END of Kimmel's career! 🔥 FAFO, you piece of trash. [image]
Bob Geiger / @bobgeiger.bsky.social: This is nothing but government censorship. — If you're still thinking it's exaggerating to say we're moving toward a real-life 'Handmaid's Tale'... think again. — www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Congressman Herb Conaway / @repherbconaway.bsky.social: Like Kirk, Kimmel had the right to share his opinions-even if you find them offensive. — The problem with taking Kimmel off air has nothing to do with what he said. Trump put political pressure on ABC to cancel his show. — It's not cancel culture. It's a muzzle on speech that this admin doesn't like.
Richard Blumenthal / @blumenthal.senate.gov: Jimmy Kimmel is off-the-air because of an unprecedented act of gov't censorship. The FCC has now proven that its sole mission is to be the speech police for Trump, punishing his perceived opponents & rewarding his cronies. Chair Carr has shown his true self: free speech fraud.
Ian Mellul / @ianmellul: Charlie Kirk believed in free speech, something you guys are scared of clearly.
Benny Johnson / @bennyjohnson: Thank you CNN and Brian Stelter for melting down while admitting we ended Jimmy Kimmel's career today. We had FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on the show to announce investigations into ABC and Disney for letting Kimmel lie to millions about Charlie Kirk's assassination. Hours [video]
Benny Johnson / @bennyjohnson: BREAKING: President Trump tells NBC to cancel Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers following the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel. “Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. [image]
Matthew Belloni / @mattbelloni: ABC source says “no plans” to pull Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. At least not until @BrendanCarrFCC sees this tweet and asks that it be pulled.
Emory / @emory@soc.kvet.ch: > “This is not complicated: Trump's FCC identified speech it did not like and threatened ABC with extreme reprisals,” union President Tino Gagliardi said in a statement Wednesday night. “This is state censorship. It's now happening in the United States of America, not some far-off country. …
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: Brendan Carr killed the first amendment on constitution day
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: I'm sure Jimmy Kimmel will have a somber, measured take on this when he is un-muzzled
Brian Steinberg / @bristei.bsky.social: Disney's L'Affaire Kimmel, from A to Z —Station owner Nexstar's move forced Disney's play —Late night's weaker economics make it hard to defend —Disney has been in similar straits, with Bill Maher in 2001 —Hollywood feels chill in re: free expression — variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Matt Birchler / @matt_birchler@mastodon.social: Per this reporting, ABC execs didn't think Kimmel ever crossed a line, but they feared the federal government and changed their speech because of that fear. — You know, classic small government, free speech enthusiast shit...right? — https://www.rollingstone.com/ ... [image]
Rick van Leuven / Rick van Leuven on LinkedIn: ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel show over Charlie Kirk comments https://lnkd.in/... WE ARE IN FULL BLOWN FASCISM. Kimmel didn't say anything negative about Kirk, only about the fascist MAGA regime. …
Karrie Jacobs / @karrieurbanist.bsky.social: FCC chairman Brendan Carr was on a MAGA podcast when he made Mafia style threats ("we can do this the easy way or the hard way") regarding Jimmy Kimmel. — What kind of FCC chair appears on a show like that and then uses it to dismantle the First Amendment? — www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b... …
Mr. Mads / @mrmads.bsky.social: Colbert, Kimmel and the future ex-hosts are not only cancelled because they said something The Tyrant doesn't like. — They do great research and present facts that the MSM are not touching. — This is what makes them dangerous. — #LateNight=RealNews — #Colbert — #Kimmel
Nick Feik / @nickfeik.bsky.social: They may be smart and well-resourced, but the NY Times editorial staff sure aren't brave. — It wasn't the Kirk comments that got his show cancelled...
@call634-5789.bsky.social: COWARDS, Giving Fealty to NAZIS: ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel show off air ‘indefinitely’ over Charlie Kirk comments — www.cnbc.com/2025/09/17/c...
@spocko@mastodon.online: Here is the section that supposedly lead to #ABC taking #JimmyKimmel off the air. — Listen to what Kimmel says & then see how the #Trump admin characterized it (according an NBC story https://www.nbcnews.com/... ) — “During his monologue on Monday night, Kimmel raised the possibility that Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the killing, might have been a pro-Trump Republican.” …
Steve Anglesey / @sanglesey.bsky.social: JD Vance, Feb 2025: “In Britain, and across Europe, free speech I fear is in retreat. In Washington, there is a new sheriff in town and under Donald Trump's leadership we may disagree with your views but we will fight to defend your right to offer it.” — www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/ tv...
Josef Adalian / Vulture: ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! From the Air ‘Indefinitely’
@lastpositivist.bsky.social: Just absolutely transparent use of state power to suppress speech, with the company basically deciding that favour at court and the commercial benefits it brings are worth more to them than any principle. Cowardly and disgusting. — variety.com/2025/tv/news...
@gerrylangford.bsky.social: When they accuse the UK of having a problem with free speech — variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Natasha Devon / @natashadevon.bsky.social: More news from the country lecturing us in the U.K. about how we apparently don't have freeze peach.... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Randahl Fink / @randahl@mastodon.social: Following CBS' cancellation of Stephen Colbert's late show, ABC has now suspended Jimmi Kimmel for saying things, Trump does not like. And the story is the same, both companies are in mergers which Trump can prevent, and suddenly they are cancelling their most popular hosts. …
Kees van der Leun / @Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy: Kimmel, on his show: “We hit 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 doing everything they can to score political points from it.” — Trump regime: We may sue ABC for that. …
Scott Nover / Scott Nover on LinkedIn: The Walt Disney Company's ABC has taken “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air following the host's comments about Charlie Kirk's shooter. …
Courtney Radsch, PhD / Courtney Radsch, PhD on LinkedIn: ABC's abrupt suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live just hours after FCC Chair Brendan Carr publicly threatened the network's license over Kimmel's …
RachelMarta / @rachel99marta.bsky.social: The abrupt decision by network, owned by Walt Disney Company, came hours after the chairman of the FCC, Brendan Carr, assailed Mr. Kimmel & suggested that his regulatory agency might take action against ABC because of remarks the host made on his telecast — www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b... …
@plumber4america.bsky.social: It goes deeper than this. CNBC and other outlets just reported on this: “Nexstar Media Group, which is seeking FCC approval for a $6.2 billion merger with Tegna, earlier said its ABC affiliates would pre-empt Kimmel's show because of his remarks.” www.cnbc.com/2025/09/17/c...
Edward Champion / @edwardchampion@mastodon.social: ABC and Disney decided to obey in advance when it came to the preposterous indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show. There was nothing in Kimmel's remarks that constituted hate speech. There wasn't even a cue from the White House. They absolutely decided to capitulate to fascism. …
Lisa Kalayji / @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange: In today's episode of Yikes, This Move Will Age Very Poorly: — “ABC's pre-emption of Kimmel's show is the latest dramatic example of a media figure suffering backlash for their public comments about Kirk's assassination. …
@tprophet@defcon.social: The regimes running Russia and Turkey made sure there were no opposition voices in the media, too. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Erik Jonker / @ErikJonker@mastodon.social: If you read what Jimmy Kimmel actually said...this is free speech in any democracy in the western world, his comments weren't even hateful or inciting. The USA is transforming into a fascist state before our eyes. — https://www.cnbc.com/... #jimmykimmel #trump #fascism #freespeech
@Nonilex@masto.ai: This is getting ridiculous — #ABC takes #JimmyKimmel off the air over remarks on #CharlieKirk killing —
The decision to indefinitely preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” follows backlash to comments he made about the conservative influencer's death. …
AkaSci / @AkaSci@fosstodon.org: Jimmy Kimmel gets cancelled. — For saying this - ""We hit 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 doing everything they can to score political points from it. …
Senator Chris Van Hollen / @vanhollen.senate.gov: Trump and his cronies are using blatant government coercion to suppress speech they don't like — a gross violation of the 1st Amendment. Shame on ABC for caving to political blackmail. — We must stand with those who resist the bullies and call out those who appease them. NO KINGS.
Aaron / @hosford42@techhub.social: https://www.nytimes.com/... I think it's safe to say, we no longer have freedom of speech here in the US. Actually, maybe it's not so safe to say that.
@gopjesus.bsky.social: I'm old enough to remember when the Walt Disney Company stood up to MAGA fascists like DeSantis. — This is a TOTAL SURRENDER to MAGA's cancel culture! — Sad! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Sascha Meinrath / @saschameinrath.bsky.social: So let's be clear — the US government's official communications agency is actively censoring a comedy show. When we talk about the dangers of government censorship, *this* is what it looks like: — www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Karl Bode / @karlbode.com: Elsewhere, like at Hollywood Reporter, you have to wade through paragraphs of quoting republicans in good faith before the push is questioned by anybody — I don't know what this kind of stuff is but it's not journalism. It's some toothless gruel stripped of all flavor, insight, courage, and context
Karl Bode / @karlbode.com: The FCC boss abused government power and the merger approval process to censor a comedian critical of the president, but media trade mags are so utterly useless you'd never understand that reading their coverage
Joanne Rossi / Joanne Rossi on LinkedIn: Disney suspends The Jimmy Kimmel show indefinitely after he lies about Charlie Kirk's shooter's political affiliation. Has DISNEY found their way back to sanity finally? …
Nardine Saad / BBC: Jimmy Kimmel taken off air over Charlie Kirk comments
April Ajoy / @aprilajoy@threads.com: So Jimmy Kimmel gets removed indefinitely for suggesting the shooter is MAGA, but Brian Kilmeade suggested killing homeless people on Fox News and still has his job?
@jaketapper.bsky.social: 7) “...Continuing to give Mr. Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at the current time” — www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-abc-...
Mark Gongloff / @markgongloff.bsky.social: Canaries just dropping left and right in this coal mine — www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Daril Fannin / Daril Fannin on LinkedIn: A few years ago I co-wrote a pilot with Jimmy Kimmel. I saw firsthand the sharp wit, curiosity, and fearlessness that have defined his career. …
Jennifer Konfrst / @konfrst.bsky.social: The President of the United States just forced a popular comedian off the air because he couldn't handle getting criticized. Free speech belongs to all of us. — www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
TvmoJoe / @tvmojoe.bsky.social: NEW: I've updated my story to include details on the anatomy of the campaign against Kimmel (yes, Fox News and Benny Johnson were involved) and the parallels to the time ABC canceled another late-night host after the right got mad. Up now at @vulture.com www.vulture.com/article/abc- ...
Anne S Kim / @anne-s-kim.bsky.social: Ultimate irony of ironies - today is Constitution Day. — www.constitutionday.com — www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Eric Umansky / @ericumansky.bsky.social: It's not just ABC and Disney that caved. — Nextstar, one of the country's largest TV station operators, said earlier tonight that they're kicking Kimmel off-air. — As it happens, they a big merger deal pending administration approval. — www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b... [image]
Nick Ulivieri / @nuphoto.com: It's *VERY* important to note that ABC didn't decide to pull Kimmel's show as a private business decision (which they have a right to do), rather, the FCC implied that if ABC didn't punish Kimmel, the licenses of ABC affiliates could be revoked. — www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ f...
Jack Mirkinson / @jackmirkinson.bsky.social: this just doesn't cut it. kimmel didn't merely “face some criticism,” the head of the FCC publicly demanded that he be punished! and ABC obliged! it's a total dereliction not to make that clear in your headline www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b... [image]
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan.bsky.social: Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he'd still have a job.
Col. Boozy Badger / @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com: I'm sure they plan on stopping at late night comedians.
Paul Dechene / @pauldechene.bsky.social: Really thought shutting down the late night comedians would come in year two. America is overachieving on its slide into authoritarianism.
Craig Harrington / @craigipedia.bsky.social: Donald Trump is on a state visit in the UK right now. It's after 1am in the morning over there! [image]
Gina Intheburg / @ginaintheburg@mastodon.world: #ABC Pulls #JimmyKimmel off air for #CharlieKirk comments after #FCC chair issued a threat to remove ABC's broadcast license. — That's how Trump's govt rolls now: blatant gangster moves. — “Gee, nice network you got there. Too bad if s/thing should happen to it.” — https://www.nytimes.com/... …
UPBeachBum / @upbeachbum.bsky.social: Pure fascism. — “What people don't understand is that the broadcasters ... have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest.” Um lets fucking do Fox “News” now. 🤬 #FascistGOP www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ f...
@casmudde.bsky.social: So even someone like Jimmy Kimmel, who brings in millions, isn't safe from far-right intimidation! — And every high-profile surrender not just feeds the thirst for more among the far-right mob but also facilitates the next surrender.
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn.bsky.social: What America is going through is not unusual in historical terms. Plenty of examples like it today elsewhere in the world. — What makes it unusual is the rapid collapse from a set of widely espoused norms and values that centered on liberty. It is the sacking of the shining city on hill that shocks.
Frank Conniff / @frankconniff.bsky.social: Remember when trans people complained about some of Chappelle's jokes and then he got a multi-million dollar deal to make more Netflix specials? Now THAT was cancel culture!
Debra / @kalaka58.bsky.social: It's a good thing I don't watch ABC anyway, but Disney w/Hulu is about to be CANCELLED. — variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Katie Fallow / @katiefallow.bsky.social: “A government official cannot coerce a private party to punish or suppress disfavored speech on her behalf” NRA v Vullo — www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
Patrick Chovanec / @prchovanec.bsky.social: It does if it comes in response to a direct government threat to punish the broadcaster. Which happened today. [embedded post]
@lawprofblawg.bsky.social: One thing is certain: All those mergers have increased the efficiency of censorship and authoritarian control. — #Satire
Senator Scott Wiener / @scottwiener.bsky.social: CBS canceled Colbert. — ABC canceled Kimmel. — Both outlets did so after they bribed Trump with settlements of bogus lawsuits & after the hosts criticized Trump/MAGA. — This is peak fascism. [image]
KellzEvan / @kellzevan.bsky.social: Once again, the Left is practicing cancel culture. Oh, wait, this is coming from the Right. — This is Trumps way to crack down on the 1st Amendment (even though he probably doesn't know jack shit about the 1st Amendment). — variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Stephen / @stephenthen.bsky.social: Ooh, Drew, the story you link doesn't even capture the true horror. Today, the FCC Chair said “Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. . . . find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or, you know, there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.” CENSORSHIP
Yashar Ali / @yasharali.bsky.social: Benny Johnson, who had FCC Chairman Brandon Carr on his show earlier today, says “we did it for you, Charlie. And we're just getting started...” [image]
Bruce Little / @brucedlittle.bsky.social: Suppressing lawful expression & censoring dissent . . . FCC Chair Brendan Carr publicly threatened ABC affiliates with license revocation over Kimmel's comments, accusing him of “news distortion.” — This led to Nexstar Media Group to preempt the show, and to ABC officially suspending the program.
Aman Batheja / @amanbatheja.bsky.social: Incredible detail from Deadline: Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which debuted in 2003, “was born out of the network's cancellation of Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect in 2002 after the...host rebuked accusations that the 9/11 terrorists were ‘cowards.’” — deadline.com/2025/09/jimm...
Piper / @the-pied-piper.bsky.social: I feel like we sailed right by “put your oxygen mask on first before assisting others” and civic society collectively failed to notice at all that the masks had dropped out of the overhead compartment. — Sadly, the results aren't gonna be anywhere near as painless as drifting away into hypoxia.
Stan Oklobdzija / @stano.bsky.social: Far more dangerous than Trump, I think, is how quickly the last eight months have pulled back the curtain on America's elites and shown everyone how venal, how cowardly and how utterly mediocre the foundation of our society has been. [embedded post]
Myles Warden / @reallymighty.bsky.social: This is beyond infuriating, and we cannot allow this to become an acceptable thing. First Colbert, now Kimmel...this is a dangerous precedent, and we aren't even a year into his Presidency yet. Who knows who will be next and for what petty reason. I'm disgusted. — deadline.com/2025/09/jimm...
Brent Toderian / @brenttoderian.bsky.social: Now the corporate cowards have cancelled Jimmy Kimmel too. Since Fallon has made himself unwatchable with his lack of integrity, it's nearing the end of credible late night interview shows in the U.S. (watch your back, Seth). — The lack of backbone is just staggering. www.vulture.com/article/abc- ...
Melissa Gira Grant / @melissagiragrant.com: that something significant in all this went down on The Benny Johnson Show.... ...... ......
Barron W. Tramp / @barronwtramp.bsky.social: I have two friends who think this isn't a really big deal — THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL! — This is very, very bad — This tells us we're not at the beginning of the takeover but IN THE MIDDLE — It doesn't matter if you watched Kimmel or not- — This- this is scary bad …
Sen. Adam Schiff / @schiff.senate.gov: This administration is responsible for the most blatant attacks on the free press in American history. — What will be left of the First Amendment when he's done?
Sen. Adam Schiff / @schiff.senate.gov: Kimmel. — Colbert. — Suits against the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and 60 Minutes. — Extorting settlements from CBS, ABC, and others. — Blocking the AP's access to the White House. 🧵
Phil Lorigo / @plorigo.bsky.social: just checked, all the canaries in the coal mine are juuuust fine an- I SAID DONT GO DOWN THERE I JUST CHECKED THEY ARE FINE — www.vulture.com/article/abc- ...
@altspaceforce.altgov.info: It's still there. Just checking... ya know... no reason. — constitution.congress.gov/constitution. .. [image]
@beingliberal.bsky.social: The failure of mainstream media to do their job und actively undermine the First Amendment to appease the Mad King and his court will be taught in the history classes... and history will not be kind for them. — variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Jason Linkins / @dceiver.bsky.social: politics keeps being done the right way I guess — www.vulture.com/article/abc- ...
JonZoidberg / @jonzoidberg.xyz: Cancel culture is cool when they do it. — deadline.com/2025/09/jimm...
Brent Toderian / @brenttoderian.bsky.social: Now the corporate cowards have cancelled Jimmy Kimmel too. Since Jimmy Fallon has made himself unwatchable with his lack of integrity and backbone, it's the end of credible late night interview shows in the U.S. — And Trump didn't even have to make them do it. The corporations did it themselves.
Shauna / @goldengateblond.bsky.social: in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. — that fox news host still has his job. [embedded post]
Colin Laney / @frankenmizer.bsky.social: I think the backstory is Nexstar, with 200 stations in 116 markets — www.vulture.com/article/abc- ...
Dan Wentzel / @danwentzel@urbanists.social: ABC pulling JImmy Kimmel “indefinitely” is more proof that Trump's America is now a fascist state. — California/Pacifica independence anyone? — https://www.vulture.com/...
Governor JB Pritzker / @govpritzker.illinois.gov: A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn't like what they say. — This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. — All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: ABC drops ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ indefinitely over host's Charlie Kirk remarks
@itsdavis.bsky.social: when means of communication are owned by a small group of capitalists, freedom of expression is an illusion — www.vulture.com/article/abc- ...
Eric Deggans / @edeggans.bsky.social: My question: when in the world did the FCC get the power to pull any TV station's license over a joke? https://loom.ly/TT59lOQ
Bill Goodykoontz / Arizona Republic: Why the FCC chairman's threats against Jimmy Kimmel are blood-chilling
Kathleen Bachynski / @bachynski.bsky.social: Anna Gomez: “We must stand firm against every attempt to silence dissent, punish satirists and government critics, and erode individual liberty. To surrender our right to speak freely is to accept that those in power, not the people, will set the boundaries of debate that define a free society.”
Mark Jacob / @markjacob.bsky.social: “Media capture” happens when friends of a strongman leader buy up media and transform them into mouthpieces for him. And it happens when big corporations decide that sacrificing the legitimacy of their media properties is a way to protect their farflung businesses from the fascist leader's sabotage.
Matt Birchler / @matt_birchler@mastodon.social: Wait, wasn't comedy legal now? https://www.nytimes.com/...
E.W. Niedermeyer / @niedermeyer.online: if Jimmy Kimmel's political humor is too hot for you to handle, I'm not sure “snowflake” even cuts it as a term of derision for the level of fragility you've achieved
Eric Darnley Small / @ericdsmall@mastodon.vtip.me: ABC has pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from its schedule “indefinitely” after Nexstar Media, a major owner of ABC-affiliated TV stations, announced it would preempt the show in response to Kimmel's remarks about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. …
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__@threads.com: The Free Speech President has now pulled two of the three major late night hosts off the air through threats and intimidation because of their jokes. Obviously I'm behind Jimmy Kimmel 100% in the face of this fascist garbage. Speech against this admin isn't just being chilled, they're freezing it.
Amy Kristin Sanders / @amykristinsanders.bsky.social: This is unsurprising given ABC settled with Trump for $15M less than a year ago in defamation case it likely could have won. — One by one, the major media companies are demonstrating unheard of levels of cowardice in the face of bullying from the Trump Administration. [embedded post]
Allison Hantschel / @allisonhantschel.com: I just cannot believe ... like for this fucking guy? That's who we're dismantling society for? Does this seem normal AT ALL?! [embedded post]
Kim Perales / @KimPerales@toad.social: “ABC is pulling #JimmyKimmelLive “indefinitely” after Nexstar Media, one of the nation's largest TV station owners, said it would stop airing the program in response to Kimmel's remarks about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.” — #Fascism #FreePress #1A #FreeSpeech #Protest #USPol https://variety.com/...
Akela Cooper / @akelacooper.bsky.social: There have been so many canaries in this coal mine of shit we're and this is a huge one. — deadline.com/2025/09/jimm...
Kyle Clark / @kylec.bsky.social: Nexstar is one of the largest owners of local TV stations in the US. Nexstar, which owns Fox31 in Denver, is acquiring the parent company of 9NEWS and has said the stations will be combined. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Adam B. Vary / @adambvary.bsky.social: This is deeply, deeply chilling, and I suspect will be seen as even more of a turning point than Colbert's cancellation — at least The Late Show is still on the air.
Tim Onion / @bencollins.bsky.social: The Free Speech President has now pulled two of the three major late night hosts off the air through threats and intimidation because of their jokes. Obviously I'm behind Jimmy Kimmel 100% in the face of this fascist garbage. Speech against this admin isn't just being chilled, they're freezing it.
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
President Trump applauded ABC's move to take Jimmy Kimmel's show off the air and urged NBC to do the same to Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers
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Matthew Biggin / Screen Rant: Colbert Has The Perfect Response To Kimmel Cancellation As Late Night Rallies Against Trump
Nicholas McEntyre / New York Post: Late-night hosts defend Jimmy Kimmel in first shows since ABC suspension
David Gilmour / Mediaite: Jimmy Fallon's Trump Tirade ‘Hijacked’ by Fawning Voiceover in Censorship Skit: ‘You Can Quote Me on That!’
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: I asked FCC chair @BrendanCarrFCC if he had any new comment now that ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel's show, and he sent me this GIF [image]
Variety: Jimmy Fallon Vows to Continue Covering Trump Amid Fears 'That We'll Be Censored,' Stands by Jimmy Kimmel: ‘I Hope He Comes Back’
Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump@truthsocial.com: Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that's possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. …
Tyler Johnson / The Hollywood Gossip: Jimmy Fallon Reacts to Jimmy Kimmel Suspension With 'The Summer I Turned ...
Gavin Newsom / @gavinnewsom: Buying and controlling media platforms. Firing commentators. Canceling shows. These aren't coincidences. It's coordinated. And it's dangerous. The @GOP does not believe in free speech. They are censoring you in real time.
IGN: 'I Don't Know What's Going On, and No One Does' — Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Seth Meyers Rally Around Jimmy Kimmel as Trump …
Jed Rosenzweig / LateNighter: Jimmy Fallon Breaks Silence on Kimmel: ‘I Hope He Comes Back’
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter: Jimmy Fallon Says He Hopes Kimmel Returns, Mocks Trump on ‘The Tonight Show’
Feeds-Bang / FemaleFirst: Late night hosts rally round Jimmy Kimmel
Los Angeles Times: What Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers said about Jimmy Kimmel's suspension
The Indian Express: Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers unite in Jimmy Kimmel's support, question ABC and Donald Trump: ‘Blatant censorship’
Lars Brandle / Billboard: Jon Stewart Addresses Jimmy Kimmel's Late-Night TV Ouster
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: Jimmy Fallon Shows Kimmel Solidarity With Fake Censorship of Jokes About Trump | Video
Alex Ross / People: Jimmy Fallon Comments on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Being Pulled: 'I Hope He Comes Back"
Anna Kaufman / USA Today: After Kimmel suspension, Trump sets sights on Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers: ‘Do It NBC!’
Jason Pham / StyleCaster: Jimmy Fallon Had a Subtle Response to Kimmel's Charlie Kirk Controversy Hours After Trump Threatened to Also Cancel His ‘Horrible’ Talk Show
Jessica Schladebeck / Chicago Tribune: Jimmy Fallon cancels appearance at New York City festival after Kimmel pulled off air
Fortune: First Kimmel, then Fallon and Meyers? A veteran TV scholar says late night can't survive politics anymore — and today's hosts must ‘tread carefully’
Ryan Grim / @ryangrim: Comedy police blowing the whistle. Thank you for your service. There was a brief reign of comedy lawlessness — everything was fair game after Trump won — but thankfully the FCC is putting the lid back on. But the FCC is not enough. We clearly need a Ministry of Comedic Truth
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: The Kimmel monologue from Monday had 1.4 million views on YouTube before ABC put his show on hiatus. As of now, that number has doubled to 2.89 million views. https://www.youtube.com/...
Alex Sherman / @sherman4949: Assuming Kimmel returns to his show as planned and intended, his opening monologue is going to be watched by and dissected by a lot of people. He's had a good relationship with Disney for many years.
@wearesinclair: Due to problematic comments regarding the murder of Charlie Kirk in programming provided to broadcast stations by ABC, Sinclair and its partners, which operate ABC stations in 30 markets in the U.S., will stop airing Jimmy Kimmel's show until further notice.
Danielle Decker Jones / @djtweets: Kimmel's comments on Monday: “We hit 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 doing everything they can to score political points from it.” “In between the
Sasha / @servingcapreal: the John Oliver team currently debating how much prison time they want to serve for their next episode
Governor Josh Stein / @nc_governor: Our freedom of speech is one of the most precious rights enshrined in our Constitution. People have the right to say what they believe - even when we disagree. Free speech is not limited only to speech that we like.
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Worth dropping in the full clip as context for your followers. Feel free to retweet it. [video]
@eatmekrugman: @bonchieredstate 100% accurate! Nexstar ended this today...and now Sinclair is saying they will have a Kirk special on Friday night in Kimmels spot. These big two ABC affiliates are why the show was canceled. Disney/ABC was going to get destroyed for that hour of high cost/no revenue
Nico Perrino / @nicoperrino: @bonchieredstate The FCC chairman literally said, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.” And we already have reporting that execs were “pissing themselves” and fearful of government retaliation. [image]
@bonchieredstate: ABC did not fire Kimmel because of a government threat. There's nothing they were going to do, and everyone knows it. ABC fired Kimmel because he was losing the network millions a year and they needed a reason.
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: Nexstar has an acquisition that needs approval [image]
Nico Perrino / @nicoperrino: And, put this in the record, too: https://www.rollingstone.com/ ... [image]
Nico Perrino / @nicoperrino: Brendan Carr wrote the new textbook definition of jawboning when he said of Kimmel and ABC, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.” And he celebrates his censorship with a lame meme, which, in a sane world, would be an exhibit in a lawsuit.
Erin Burnett OutFront / @outfrontcnn: “He did make a joke, one that others may even find crude. But that is neither illegal nor grounds for companies to capitulate to this administration in ways that violate the first amendment.” Anna Gomez, an FCC Commissioner, talks to @ErinBurnett about #ABC's decision to [video]
Mathieu M.J.E. Rebeaud / @chercheurjuteux.com: Republicans are honoring Charlie Kirk's memory by declaring war on the First Amendment — The guardians of ‘free speech’ sure had a change of heart. — www.theverge.com/policy/77979...
@stardustbluepr.com: ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Is the latest victim of Trump's weaponized FCC and media conglomerates quick to bend the knee
Slade Wentworth / @thedadbriefs@threads.com: This affects all of us. Whether you're a fan of Charlie Kirk or a fan of Jimmy Kimmel, you had better be a fan of the First Amendment.
Slade Wentworth / @thedadbriefs@threads.com: There is no nuance or finer point to be made here. This administration is leveraging lies to profit from the restriction of free speech.
Binyamin Appelbaum / @bcappelbaum.bsky.social: The owners of local TV stations were a conservative force in American politics and society even back when there were a lot of them. But allowing them to consolidate has certainly made it easier for them to flex those muscles. [embedded post]
@ndhapple.bsky.social: “And on Wednesday's now-scrapped show, he had put together an explainer on what he actually said vs. what the right-wing media claimed he said. Now, that won't air.” variety.com/2025/tv/news...
@kenwhite.bsky.social: A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There's no point at which they will say “we've won, let's enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They're empty without that.
Adam B. Vary / @adambvary.bsky.social: Via my colleague @franklinavenue.bsky.social, for tonight's now-scrapped show, Jimmy Kimmel “had put together an explainer on what he actually said” about the shooter of Charlie Kirk “vs. what the right-wing media claimed he said. Now, that won't air.”
Tim Onion / @bencollins.bsky.social: Becoming increasingly clear we're gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
Phil Lewis / @phillewis.bsky.social: The WGA's statement on ABC's decision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” [image]
@acyn.bsky.social: Jarvis: I hate to say this to my friends here at CNN, mass media is dying, so they're taking the last of these vestiges of institutions that matter and they're trying to turn them into propaganda organs under threat from the head of the FCC
Carly Thomas / The Hollywood Reporter: Trump Celebrates After ABC Suspends ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Over Charlie Kirk Comments
Sahara Stevens / @sahara-stevens.bsky.social: First is was Colbert. Now it's Kimmel. This is what authoritarians do. Trump wants to shut down any free speech that is critical of him. — Donald Trump Celebrates ABC Decision To Pull Jimmy Kimmel, Urges NBC To Drop Jimmy Fallon And Seth Meyers
Chris Murphy / @chrismurphyct.bsky.social: This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy. [image]
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air because the Trump administration didn't like what he had to say and threatened his employers until they shut him up
Discussion:
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Barack Obama / @barackobama: After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn't like. https://www.yahoo.com/...
Brian Stelter / CNN: How Brendan Carr, the attack-dog FCC chair, helped take down Jimmy Kimmel with words, not actions
Lauren Sforza / New Jersey Online: Hillary Clinton sounds the alarm on Trump admin over Jimmy Kimmel suspension
Trudy Rubin / The Philadelphia Inquirer: Trump-endorsed suspension of ‘Kimmel’ recalls Putin's ‘Puppets’ takedown
Lili Loofbourow / Washington Post: Kimmel's suspension confirms what many suspected after Colbert's cancellation
David McAfee / Raw Story: ‘Powerful statement’: Obama cites Charlie Kirk in new defense of Kimmel's free speech
Associated Press: Live updates: Democrats introduce bill to protect free speech following Kimmel suspension
David Bauder / Associated Press: Kimmel's future hangs in balance after ABC suspends his late-night show over Charlie Kirk comments
Barack Obama / @barackobama: This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / CNN: Trump's anti-media blitz that led to Kimmel's suspension is straight from a European strongman's playbook
Seb Starcevic / Politico: ‘Autocrat’ Trump blasted for censorship as TV hosts back Kimmel
Phil Helsel / NBC News: Comedy hosts including Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert criticize Kimmel's suspension
Li Zhou / HuffPost: Obama Slams Trump Admin's Kimmel Threats
Peter White / Deadline: Jon Stewart Is “Patriotically Obedient” As ‘The Daily Show’ Pays Tribute To “Dear Leader” Following Kimmel Suspension
Dan Primack / @danprimack: fwiw, Kimmel ratings were #1 in the demo for Q2 at 11:30pm. #2 overall (behind Colbert, ahead of Fallon). https://latenighter.com/...
The Guardian: Late-night show hosts decry suspension of Kimmel's show: ‘Blatant assault on freedom of speech’
Daniel Barr / Daniel Barr on LinkedIn: Today seems like a good day to reflect upon Justice Louis Brandeis' famous dissent in Whitney v California, in which he addressed the government's efforts to punish unpopular speech. …
Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: For those on the right who might like what they're seeing from this FCC: Remember that Democrats will wield this power again. https://www.thefp.com/...
Trish Bendix / New York Times: Late Night Responds to Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension
Philip Klein / @philipaklein: ABC and its affiliates may have pulled the trigger, but they did so with FCC guns pointed at their own heads if they did not. My take: “The Government Shouldn't Police Jimmy Kimmel's Lies” https://www.nationalreview.com/ ...
Cameron Peters / Vox: Trump's brazen attack on free speech
Kyla Scanlon / @kylascan: @TheEtiologist It wasn't really about what he said
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: Some relevant Supreme Court decisions in re: FCC and Kimmel 2024: “Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.” 1963: A government entity cannot wield the “threat of invoking legal sanctions
Zack Beauchamp / @zackbeauchamp: We should be very clear on the sequence of events and economic interests at work here. Trump weaponized regulatory powers to do punish protected speech from one of his most hated critics [image]
Derek Thompson / @dkthomp: The Biden administration working with social media companies to throttle what they considered COVID misinformation might or might not have been legally principled, but it did at least pretend to have a substantive moral argument that was something like, “We don't want people to
Tomás Mier / Rolling Stone: Kamala Harris Blasts Trump Admin's ‘Assault on Free Speech’ After Kimmel Suspension
PolitiFact: ABC indefinitely suspended its late-night host, Jimmy Kimmel, after Federal Communications Chairman Brendan Carr criticized Kimmel's comments.
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Kimmel's chances of returning to ABC post look increasingly slim
Gemma / @gemslawrence.bsky.social: “This is what it looks like when a society's elite rolls over in the face of Authoritarianism. It never ends well.” — www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Amy Curtis / Townhall: FCC Chair Brendan Carr Defends Kimmel Suspension As a Sign of Shift in ‘Media Ecosystem’
Alison Durkee / Forbes: Legal Experts Accuse Trump Administration Of Unconstitutionally Influencing Kimmel Suspension—Here's Why
Mekishana Pierre / Entertainment Weekly: Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof defends Jimmy Kimmel after ABC suspension, threatens not to work with company
Carl Gibson / Alternet.org: This line from 9-0 Supreme Court case exposes Trump attack on Kimmel as ‘unconstitutional’
@froomkin.bsky.social: The @apnews.com is carrying Trump's water by continuing to pretend that ABC suspended Kimmel because of his comments about Charlie Kirk, rather than because the FCC threatened retaliation. C'mon @dbauder.bsky.social you know better. — apnews.com/article/jimm...
Jim Berkman / Jim Berkman on LinkedIn: Trump has weaponized the FCC regulatory system in a way that has never happened before. Comments made by Kimmel - and before him Colbert …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate: No, the Supreme Court Did Not Give Trump a License to Silence Jimmy Kimmel
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez / Fortune: President Obama accuses the Trump administration of ‘government coercion’ after ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off the air
Gerren Keith Gaynor / TheGrio: Barack Obama, Jasmine Crockett, others call out Trump administration after Jimmy Kimmel suspension
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle: With Jimmy Kimmel's firing, cancel culture is now official government policy
Robert McCoy / New Republic: Trump: Saying Mean Things About Me Is “Not Allowed”
Howard Koplowitz / al.com: Obama blasts Trump for taking cancel culture to ‘dangerous level’ after Jimmy Kimmel suspension
Allison Winn / @aswinn@threads.com: If you are shrugging off Kimmel, or worse, celebrating it, you have no understanding of how far this can go. If the administration doesn't like an author's books, they can demand their publisher drop them. If they don't like someone's social media, they can demand their employer fire them. …
Philip Klein / National Review: The Government Shouldn't Police Jimmy Kimmel's Lies
Sam J. / twitchy.com: HOOBOY! S.E. Cupp Claims the Trump Admin Is KILLING Free Speech and Greg Gutfeld Ain't Havin' NONE Of It
Karl Bode / Techdirt: Jimmy Kimmel's Firing Comes As Feckless TV Networks Lobby Trump To Destroy Remaining Media Consolidation Limits
Brianna Lyman / The Federalist: 6 Times Leftists Melting Down Over Jimmy Kimmel Were Happy To Deny Conservatives ‘Free Speech’
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: FCC derided as “Federal Censorship Commission” after pushing Jimmy Kimmel off ABC
Gabby Giffords / @gabbygiffords@threads.com: Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are big parts of what made this country great. The government threatening TV stations because our president doesn't like a comedian is dangerous. I'm proud to stand with my friend @JimmyKimmel.
John Scalzi / @jscalzi@threads.com: So Colbert got cancelled probably in part due to a pending merger of Skydance and Paramount, and the Kimmel thing almost certainly happened because one of ABC's largest affiliates, Sinclair, is trying to merge with another large media company, and in both cases FCC approval is key …
Jon Cryer / @mrjoncryer@threads.com: This is a lie. Jimmy Kimmel said nothing disparaging about Charlie Kirk.
@bulwarkonline@threads.com: Trump: “Jimmy Kimmel was fired because he had bad ratings more than anything else, and he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk...They should have fired him a long time ago.”
Cristina Laila / The Gateway Pundit: Barack Obama Lashes Out at Trump Administration After ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel's Show
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite: Barack Obama Denounces ‘Dangerous’ Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: ‘Media Companies Need to Start Standing Up’ to Trump
Governor JB Pritzker / @govpritzker.illinois.gov: This is the playbook, folks. — If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. — Do not be quiet in this moment.
Garrett Owen / Salon: Democrats defend Kimmel, say FCC chair “disgraced” his office
@agomezfcc.bsky.social: This FCC does not have the authority, the ability, or the constitutional right to police content or punish broadcasters for speech the government dislikes. — Free speech is the foundation of our democracy, and we must push back against any attempt to erode it. [image]
@unavaleable.bsky.social: I think Obama very clearly wants to be a party elder on Mount Olympus, keeping his powder dry so when he hurls down a thunderbolt it has the most impact/salience but not exactly surprised to see that strategy crumble if other party leaders aren't pulling their weight [embedded post]
Julia Reinstein / The Cut: Jimmy Kimmel Has Been Suspended ‘Indefinitely’ Following Charlie Kirk Comments
Elias Isquith / @eliasisquith.blog: just speculation on my part but i suspect obama would not be making so many public comments about current politics if he thought the other leaders of the party were doing a good job on their own
Deadline:
Nexstar and Sinclair, who said they'd preempt Kimmel, are lobbying the FCC over regulatory issues; Nexstar needs FCC approval for its $6.2B Tegna acquisition
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TV Insider, The Hollywood Reporter, Politico, Entertainment Weekly, Zeteo, @brianstelter, HuffPost, The Independent, San Francisco Chronicle, Jacobin, The Free Press, Daily Mail, them., TheDesk.net, Adweek, Cosmopolitan, Business Insider, Reason, New York Magazine, @robinjp.bsky.social, Deadline, @gbsohn.bsky.social, New York Post, @lulu.sheshed.rocks, New York Times, @kwcollins.bsky.social and TheDesk.net
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Martin Holmes / TV Insider: Disney Reportedly in Chaos as Talks About Jimmy Kimmel's Return to ABC Continue
The Hollywood Reporter: How Jimmy Kimmel Might Have Just Been Sacrificed for a Multibillion-Dollar TV Deal
Elena Schneider / Politico: Post-Kimmel, Dems could change the cancel culture narrative
Raechal Shewfelt / Entertainment Weekly: FCC chair threatens to ‘look into’ The View in wake of Trump criticism and Jimmy Kimmel's ABC suspension
Prem Thakker / Zeteo: Trump FCC Chair Who Demanded Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Once Slammed Censoring ‘Late-Night Comedians’
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: KEY to the story about ABC suspending Kimmel's show: Nexstar and Sinclair, two big owners of ABC-affiliated stations, both need FCC approval for pending deals. With a lot of $$ on the line, both have reason to curry favor with the Trump admin. Both decided to yank Kimmel's show. [video]
Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost: JD Vance Roasted By Social Media Critics For Resurfaced Vow To Defend Free Speech
John Bowden / The Independent: Trump and his FCC chair preached protecting free speech. The Jimmy Kimmel move shows they want to control it
Aidin Vaziri / San Francisco Chronicle: ABC affiliates demand Jimmy Kimmel apologize, donate to Charlie Kirk's family
Branko Marcetic / Jacobin: Jimmy Kimmel's Cancellation Is Peak Hypocrisy
Nick Gillespie / The Free Press: Abolish the FCC — Trump isn't the first one to use the agency to punish critics.
Will Potter / Daily Mail: Jimmy Kimmel Live! to be replaced by Charlie Kirk tribute show - and star won't be allowed back on air unless he makes Turning Point USA donation
Olivia Truffaut-Wong / Cosmopolitan: Barack Obama, Jean Smart, and More Celebs React to Jimmy Kimmel's Shocking Suspension
Eugene Volokh / Reason: Jimmy Kimmel, the NRA, and the First Amendment
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine: Nexstar Led the Charge Against Jimmy Kimmel. They Had a Business Motive.
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Top Oversight Democrat Says He's Launching Investigation Of Trump Administration, ABC And Sinclair Over Jimmy Kimmel Suspension
Gigi Sohn / @gbsohn.bsky.social: Disney's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel is what happens when the government allows decades of media and tech consolidation. When control of media and tech are in the hands of a handful of companies, it becomes easier for authoritarian leaders to control them. deadline.com/2025/09/nexs...
Charles Gasparino / New York Post: Here's the real reason ABC has suspended ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Shari Redstone defends the CBS News settlement with President Trump, praises Bari Weiss of The Free Press, and calls for media people to be more thoughtful — In her first public appearance since selling her family company to David Ellison's Skydance, Shari Redstone complimented Bari Weiss …
Discussion:
Todd Spangler / Variety: Shari Redstone Insists Stephen Colbert Show Cancellation Was Not Tied to Skydance Deal, Says Late-Night TV ‘Financially Not Viable’
Brian Beutler / Off Message: Green Shoots — After a week like this, when the ruling party abandoned critical pretenses …
Will McKinley / @willmckinley.bsky.social: Shari Redstone had an opportunity today to (slightly) redeem herself. Did she? Of course not. — deadline.com/2025/09/shar...
Jacob Bryant / The Wrap: Shari Redstone Says Late Night TV Is ‘Financially Not Viable’ Amid Colbert-Kimmel Upheaval | Video
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Shari Redstone Says Late Night TV Financially “Not Viable,” Bari Weiss Would Be “Good Voice” at CBS News
Christine Wang / Axios: Exclusive: Shari Redstone says news outlets need facts, not opinion
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Q&A with CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela on Runway's “world models” breakthrough, how it differs from typical AI video generation, the Lionsgate partnership, and more — Co-founder of the first AI platform to partner with a Hollywood studio on video generation talks …
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Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter:
Luma AI partners with Adobe to bring its generative video model Ray3 to Firefly's paid users; Ray3 creates highly realistic 10-second videos without dialogue
Discussion:
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Matthew Corrigan / TVBEurope: Adobe and Luma AI partner on generative video model launch
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost: Reasoning Models Enabling Brands To Generate ‘Cinematic’ Content
Prince Boucher / Prince Boucher on LinkedIn: Launch day is like a rodeo, you never know the next move. The past couple weeks leading up to today has been intense but amazing to hear the feedback on the product. …
Janko Roettgers / Lowpass: Luma AI CEO: Hollywood is dying, only AI can save it
Maximilian Schreiner / The Decoder: Luma AI unveils Ray3, a generative video model with HDR support
Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: Luma AI launches Ray3, a next-gen cinematic video generation model with built-in reasoning
Katelyn Chedraoui / CNET: Luma AI's New Ray3 Video Generator Can ‘Think’ Before Creating
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Tristan Werkmeister, Reuters' first social-first video reporter, on what the role looks like, how it was created, its challenges, and more — “Stories need to be either boiled down to the essentials, or reframed to put all the attention on the most social-friendly angle.”
Carl Cullinane / The Guardian:
Survey: 50% of newspaper columnists, 38% of BBC executives, and 45% of leading podcasters in Britain are privately educated, vs. 7% of the general population — Since our last survey, we find more columnists, podcasters and executives are from privileged backgrounds. That's too narrow a segment of society
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Vanity Fair:
Vanity Fair announces 12 new hires, including Olivia Nuzzi, who left New York Magazine in October 2024 after admitting to an affair with RFK Jr. — Jennifer Pastore, Olivia Nuzzi, Lindsey Underwood, Aidan McLaughlin, and more to join the magazine — Today, Vanity Fair global editorial …
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Victor Nava / New York Post: Olivia Nuzzi hired by Vanity Fair nearly a year after RFK Jr. sexting scandal
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap: Olivia Nuzzi Joins Vanity Fair as West Coast Editor 11 Months After New York Magazine Ouster
Rusty Foster / @rusty.todayintabs.com: So Olivia Nuzzi had a secret affair with a source in the most grotesque imaginable way, took a year off to write her book, and then picked up a new gig at Vanity Fair. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/ v...
Meredith Shiner / @meredithshiner.com: at the zenith of RFK Jr. breaking medicine, science and trust forever, Olivia Nuzzi is named West Coast Editor of Vanity Fair.
Liz Skalka / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of Aaron Parnas, a news influencer with 4.3M followers on TikTok and 600K subscribers on Substack, whose audience is valuable for top Democrats — Aaron Parnas, a twenty-six-year-old with a larger TikTok audience than some mainstream outlets and the most popular “news” Substack …
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Simon Owens / Simon Owens's Media Newsletter: Can a news influencer become the next Walter Cronkite?
Liz Skalka / @lizskalka: Aaron Parnas debuted on TikTok posting about pizza toppings and hair loss. Now, at 26, he's pivoted hard into journalism, landing interviews with leading Dems and becoming one of Substack's most popular creators—while accepting dark money. New in @cjr: https://www.cjr.org/...
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