NexStar prevails Jimmy Kimmel’s offer on Kirk’s assassination comments

A dialogue program late at night, Jimmy Kimmel, due to his controversial comments about the assassination of the conservative activist Charlie Kerk After NexStar Media Group said it would make the Kimmel offer.

A Disney -owned spokesman for Disney said in a statement on Wednesday.Jimmy Kimmel Live He will be anticipated indefinitely.

Nexstar, 32 ABC stations, said on Wednesday that he “strongly objects” to Kimmel’s comments and that he will rest his offer “for the foreseeable future that begins with a show tonight.”

“Mr. Kimmel’s comments on 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 the spectrum of opinions, opinions, or the values ​​of the local communities that we focus on.”

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Alford added: “The continuation of giving Mr. Kimmil a broadcast platform in the societies that we serve is not simply in the public interest at the present time, and we have made a difficult decision to anticipate his presentation in an attempt to allow the most cold heads to be happy and we are moving towards the resumption of constructive dialogue.”

What is NexStar?

NEXSTAR Media Group It is the largest local TV broadcast in the United States, with more than 200 owned stations or partner serving 220 million people in 116 American markets.

The company owns 75 % of CW, the fifth largest broadcast in the United States and is available in all American families. NexStar also owns the Newsnation, TV, Digital News Outlet, as well as the digital political news port.

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Last month, NexStar announced a deal for Broadcast Media Company Tegna for $ 6.2 billion, which Nexstar said will help ensure the feasibility of local news and programming.

NexStar noticed that the station’s imprint overlaps with Tegna in 35 of the 51 -year -old markets in Tegna, while strengthening its network in the main election markets such as Phoenix, Atlanta, Toledo, OHIO, Portland, Maine, to increase the revenues of political advertising.

Nexstar’s acquisition requires approval Federal Communications Committee (FCC).

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What Kimmel said?

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Kimmeel said during Monuhil on Monday’s episode.

Kimmel also criticized the president Donald Trump The response to Kirk’s death, saying, “It is not how an adult is sad about the killing of someone who called a friend. This is how 4 -year -old mourns a golden fish.”

This also said this is the director of the FBI Cash Patel He dealt with the investigation of Kirk’s assassination, “Like a child who did not read the book, and he made his way through an oral report.”

FCC Commissioner Brendan Car NexStar’s transition praised the Kimmel offer and said, “It is important for broadcasters to back down from the Disney programming that determines its societal values.”

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Before the NexStar announcement, SINCLAIR, another group of radio with ABC companies, chose to rest.

“A very serious issue now for Disney. We can do this in an easy way or in the difficult way.” He also encouraged licensed stations to say that this type of content does not serve their local communities.

Carr’s comments pushed criticism from freedom of expression defenders, with the basis for individual rights and expression (Fire), “The FBC does not have the control of what might say a television host late at night, and the first modification protects the right of Americans to predict the ongoing events even if these speculations are incorrect later.”

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Fire added: “The subjugation of broadcasters to organizational responsibility when anyone gets his net to a mistake that would turn the Federal Communications Committee into a set of truth and cast an unbearable response on the air waves.”