ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel off the air after the late night host claimed on Monday that “the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
From the NYTIMES – ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments
… Mr. Carr, in an interview on a right-wing podcast on Wednesday, said that Mr. Kimmel’s remarks about the suspect were part of a “concerted effort to lie to the American people” and said his agency was “going to have remedies that we can look at.”
“Frankly, when you see stuff like this — I mean, we can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Mr. Carr told the podcast’s host, Benny Johnson. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the F.C.C. ahead.”
MAJOR BREAKING: Now, Disney ABC is CANCELING Jimmy Kimmel “INDEFINITELY” due to him lying that the Charlie Kirk assassin was MAGA, per WSJ.
This came right after the ABC affiliates canceled Kimmel via Nexstar.
FAFO, LOSER! pic.twitter.com/gGjwtzvdMX
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 17, 2025
CNN’s Brian Stelter and Jake Tapper rush to defend ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel for his comments mocking #MAGA for its reactions to Charlie Kirk’s assassination
Stelter: “Kimmel was expressing what we’ve heard some other liberals say in recent days that the motives are unclear and that… pic.twitter.com/3APcZVpfBI
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 17, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel lied about Charlie Kirk’s assassination, blamed him for his own murder, and mocked him on air. The line was crossed.
Thanks to FCC pressure and Nexstar and Sinclair pulling him from millions of homes, his platform is destroyed. He’s finished. Will never recover.… pic.twitter.com/IV2goaiSM5
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 18, 2025
Wow that was shitty of Kimmel.
h/t PA CAT and Mauser
