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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Calls grow to boycott ABC owner Disney over Jimmy Kimmel suspension

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The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

The indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has prompted impassioned calls for a boycott against Disney, ABC’s parent company, and other major media conglomerates that have refused to air Kimmel’s show.

Boycott calls grew after ABC announced it would indefinitely suspend the popular show following complaints from the Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr. Carr’s complaints stem from Kimmel’s recent monologue in which he addressed the killing of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk by saying: “Many in Maga land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk.”

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