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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Moira Donegan

Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert … who is the next to be silenced?

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‘The suspension of Kimmel’s show was announced just hours after Carr’s comments.’ Photograph: Andy Kropa/Invision/AP

Jimmy Kimmel, the late-night host, had his show suspended “indefinitely” from ABC on Wednesday after the Federal Communications Commission, the US’s broadcast media regulator, threatened the television network.

The FCC threats came in retaliation for comments Kimmel made on his show regarding Charlie Kirk’s death and the Trump administration’s response to it. “We hit some new lows over the weekend with 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,” Kimmel began.

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