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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Jonathan Yerushalmy and Edward Helmore

‘Censoring you in real time’: suspension of Jimmy Kimmel show sparks shock and fears for free speech

Jimmy Kimmel Charlie Kirk Donald Trump United States Brendan Carr Benny Johnson Stephen Colbert CBS
Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension has been met with outrage by free speech groups who call it part of an effort by the Trump administration to stifle dissent. Photograph: Rich Polk/Variety/Getty Images

Politicians, media figures and free speech organisations continued to express anger and alarm at the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, warning that critics of Donald Trump were being systematically silenced.

ABC announced it was suspending Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely after comments Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk’s killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say it would not air the show.

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