#BREAKING: The US ABC network has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! from the air indefinitely following MAGA backlash relating to comments Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin.
Kimmel, on Monday night's episode, pointed out that MAGA and Republican political figures were overtly using the shooting death of conservative agitator Kirk to score political points, and the associated narrative jockeying that seeks to position the accused shooter as a left-wing radical.
"We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterise this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them," Kimmel stated.
In response to that, Nexstar Media - who owns dozens of ABC-affiliated TV stations across the United States - announced it would pre-empt future airings of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. The ABC network quickly followed by confirming the show would be pulled from the air indefinitely.
ABC's national broadcast license was directly threatened by Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr, himself a close Trump ally and key figure in the authoritarian Project 2025 movement.
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#BREAKING: The US ABC network has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! from the air indefinitely following MAGA backlash relating to comments Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin.
Kimmel, on Monday night's episode, pointed out that MAGA and Republican political figures were overtly using the shooting death of conservative agitator Kirk to score political points, and the associated narrative jockeying that seeks to position the accused shooter as a left-wing radical.
"We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterise this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them," Kimmel stated.
In response to that, Nexstar Media - who owns dozens of ABC-affiliated TV stations across the United States - announced it would pre-empt future airings of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. The ABC network quickly followed by confirming the show would be pulled from the air indefinitely.
ABC's national broadcast license was directly threatened by Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr, himself a close Trump ally and key figure in the authoritarian Project 2025 movement.
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