Jimmy Kimmel was kicked off the air for making fun of Trump. Not because he joked about Charlie Kirk's assassination, which he didn't do, or because he lied about it, which he didn't do either. Comments about the "MAGA gang" trying to score political points off Kirk's murder were just the setup to a punchline about how Trump can't even muster a crocodile tear over the right-wing podcaster's death before gushing about his White House renovations.
As the Trump administration has ramped up its assault on American democracy, many corporations have chosen to look the other way or to curry favor with the president. They have fired employees who were too outspoken in their criticism of Donald Trump ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talkshow, after Kimmel's remarks about Maga's reaction to the killing of Charlie Kirk, is the latest example.
whose show ABC suspended after Brendan Carr complained about the things Kimmel said about Charlie Kirk's killer. But sure, Kimmel's suspension removes a familiar voice from the living rooms of a certain aging demographic, but more importantly, points to the system of power behind the suspension: not just the cancel campaign to silence discussion of Charlie Kirk's real statements, but Brendan Carr's egregious politicization of the FCC, and in response, the abject cowardice from multinationals like ABC, Sinclair, and Nexstar.