ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmeel’s offer on Charlie Kerk’s comments

ABC On Wednesday night I was withdrawn “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Late late at night “The air indefinitely” after the controversial comments by its host about the murdered conservative activist Charlie Kerk.

The advertisement came hours after the head Federal Communications Committee The ABC broadcasting license, which is a subsidiary of DisneyHe was in danger, and yet NEXSTAR Media Group Its regular stations said to ABC, “anticipating” Jimmy Kimmel Live! “For the foreseeable future, starting from the show tonight.”

He told a person familiar with the situation CNBC that Kimmel was not separated and that Disney was planning to talk to him about what he should say when he returns to the air.

Jimmy Kimmel, through MonologSuggest that Tyler RobinsonThe accused of the man Kirk shooting Last week in a Utah UniversityHe was aligned with the president Donald TrumpMaga – Make America great again – the movement.

Kimmel said: “The Maga gang is trying desperate describing this child who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and did everything in his power to score political points from him.”

“Between preparing the finger, there was sadness,” he added.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live” will be excluded indefinitely.

Hours ago, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee, Brendan Car, told the governor, Benny Johnson, that Kimmel’s comments were “really sick”, and that there is a “strong case” to work against ABC and Disney.

“This is a very serious issue at the present time for Disney,” Car said. “We can do this in an easy way or in a difficult way,” Car said. “These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel, or there will be an additional work for FCC.”

“They have a license to grant us at the Federal Communications Committee (FCC), and it comes with it as a commitment to work in the public interest,” Car said.

ABC’s dispense with Kimmel may be a more dramatic example of the media personality who suffers from a violent reaction to their general reaction to the assassination of Kirk.

MSNBC, political analyst Matthew Dod, released last week after saying on the air about the killing “hateful ideas lead to abnormal words, which then lead to hateful acts.”

The Washington Post launched Karen Atta’s opinion writer after she said that there were “double ethnic standards” in social media reactions to the slaughter of Kirk.

On Wednesday, Trump expressed Kimmel’s offer, which was anticipated in a social media post, suggested that NBC cancels his own offer, “late at night with Seth Maires.”

“Wonderful news of America: the categories that Jimmy Kimmel challenged were canceled. Congratulations on ABC for the presence of courage in the end to do what to do.”.

“Kimmel has zero talent, and worse categories than Colbelt, if possible. This leaves Jimmy and Seth, two losers insurance, on fake news NBC. Their rating also. Do it NBC !!!” Trump wrote.

Nexstar, who is looking for the approval of the Federal Communications Committee The merger of 6.2 billion dollars with TignaShe said in her statement: “Nexstar strongly objects to the recent comments made by Mr. Kimmil regarding the killing of Charlie Kerk and will replace the offer in another programming in its ABC markets.”

Andrew Alford, head of the broadcasting department at Nexstar, said, “Mr. Kimmil’s comments about the death of Mr. Kerk are offensive and not sensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe that they reflect a set of opinions, opinions or values ​​of local communities in which we are present,” said Andrew Alford, Head of the Broadcasting Department at Nexstar.

Alford said: “Continuing to give Mr. Kimmil a broadcast platform in the societies that we simply serve in the public interest at the present time, and we have made a difficult decision to anticipate his offer in an attempt to allow the coldest heads of happiness and we are moving towards the resumption of constructive dialogue.”

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