"A stunned Brian Stelter said ABC's sudden decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! over comments Jimmy Kimmel made about the alleged assassin of conservative activist Charlie Kirk makes the country less free. During Monday's edition of the show, Kimmel claimed that Tyler Robinson, who was charged on Tuesday with killing Kirk, was a conservative. According to the charging documents, Robinson was left of center and had accused Kirk of spreading hate."
"ABC's announcement to suspend Kimmel's show came almost immediately after Nexstar, which owns dozens of ABC stations across the country, said it would no longer air the program. The announcements came just hours after Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr threatened ABC and its parent company Disney over Kimmel's concerted effort to lie to the American people. Stelter appeared on Wednesday's OutFront shortly after Kimmel was suspended."
"This was very sudden this afternoon after Carr spoke out on that far-right podcast, Stelter said. Then, some stations that are owned by other companies but affiliated with ABC started to complain to ABC. We know one of them, Nexstar, which has about two dozen stations with the ABC logo and all the ABC programming. Nexstar publicly announced that they were going to drop Kimmel's show indefinitely. Within a matter of minutes. We heard from Disney that the show was being pulled altogether."
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! after Jimmy Kimmel claimed the alleged assassin of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was a conservative, while charging documents indicated Tyler Robinson was left of center and had accused Kirk of spreading hate. Nexstar, which owns dozens of ABC stations, announced it would stop airing the program and other ABC-affiliated station owners reportedly complained. Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr threatened ABC and its parent company Disney over allegations that Kimmel lied to the American people. Disney pulled the show shortly after Nexstar's announcement. Brian Stelter called the suspension sudden and warned it could chill comedy and expression.
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