Reactions from all over the country continue to overcome ABC’s decision to comment “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Under an indefinitely on the comments, the host was present late at night in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
On Wednesday, ABC announced that she was withdrawing the offer late at night “indefinitely”, after criticizing the head of the Federal Communications Committee, Brendan Car, who described Kimmel’s statements “really ill” and warned of possible organizational consequences.
After the decision, the NexStar Media Group announced that it will rest the show “in the foreseeable future” through its ABC stations. Nexstar is the parent company of KTLA. Last August, NexStar announced that it had concluded an agreement to obtain the competitive broadcasting company for $ 6.2 billion. This merger requires FCC approval.
Celebrity reactions and political reactions
The comment sparked a wave of responses from celebrities, politicians and media figures, many of whom moved to social media to express anger and anxiety about what they consider a threat to freedom of expression.
- Adam Scott“Severance”:
“I love Jimmy, Mully and everyone in” Jimmy Kimmel Live! ” – This is ridiculous and frightening.”
- Jean SmartHacks’s Emmy actress, published on Instagram:
“I am terrified of canceling” Jimmy Kimmel Live! “What Jimmy said was freedom of expression, not hate speech … What happens to our country?”
- Ben StellerBooks simply on x:
“This is not true.”
- Julia Luis DrifusAdvertise:
“I stand with” Jimmy Kimmel Live! “I stand on freedom of expression.
- Wanda SykesWhich was to appear in the show, Share a video on Instagram:
“I was supposed to have a conversation with my friend Jimmy Kimmel … but the show was suddenly withdrawn, due to complaints from the Trump administration … He did not end the Ukraine war or resort to Gaza, but he finished freedom of expression during his first year.”
- Governor Gavin New Roosom Posted on X:
“Buying and controlling media platforms. Shooting commentators. Cancel offers. These are not coincidences. It’s a coordinator. It is dangerous. The Republican Party does not secure freedom of expression. They are promoting you in an actual time.”
“After years of complaint about the cancellation of culture, the current administration moved to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening organizational procedures against media companies unless they were correspondents or correspondents of the shooting and commentators. This is specifically the type of government coercion that was designed to prevent the first amendment – and media companies need to start instead of being determined to.”
- Without lemonPosted on Topics
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The offer was pre -emptive to a joke.
- Henry WinkenerBooks on x:
“Jimmy Kimmel – his humor, his visions are important to continue to show who we are. He is a great colleague.”
- Megain Kelly Also taken to x:
“Just think for a minute about the amount of angry mail/viewers that they should have got to do so.”
- James Woods The decision was praised to write on x:
“He can get a bed emptying function.”
- Rosan Barr Judging on social media, writing:
“I am available to fill the ABC network.”
Industry response
the American Book Syndicate She issued a strong statement to read partially:
“The right to talk about our minds and to disagree with each other – even inconvenience, even – is at the heart of what it means to be a free people … a shame for those who forget this foundational fact. As for our work owners, our words made you rich. We silence us to send us to the whole world.”
the American Producers Syndicate This feeling, who partially said:
“Freedom of expression is essential for our democracy. It is the lifeline in our industry … We believe that artistic expression is necessary and that decisive sounds should not be silent.”
background
Kimmel’s controversial comments came during a monologue during Monday’s show in which he criticized conservative media figures for politicizing Kirk’s death. He said:
“The Maga gang is desperately trying to describe this child who killed Charlie Kerk with anything else other than one of them and made everything in his power to score political points from him,” Kimmel said. “Between the formation of the finger, there was sadness.”
The authorities accused the 22 -year -old Tyler Robinson of killing Kirk. While initial reports indicated that Robinson had conservative roots, prosecutors later described as adopting left -hand views in recent years.
So far, Kimmil has not publicly commented on the comment.