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FCC Threats Against Jimmy Kimmel Echo a Century of Speech Control

From the Fairness Doctrine to Nixon’s “raised eyebrow,” government licensing power has long chilled broadcast speech—proving the First Amendment should apply fully to the airwaves.

Reason

They’ve finally gone there: South Park lets rip at Benjamin Netanyahu

No matter how hot the political temperature, Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s show can be counted on to go for the jugular. And with Brendan Carr in a mountain of poo and Israel’s PM in its sights, the latest episode doesn’t pull any punches

The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel relentlessly mocks ‘bully’ Trump after returning from suspension

Late-night host explains why he talks about the president ‘more than anything’

The Independent UK

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Record ratings for Jimmy Kimmel's return despite ABC affiliates refusing to air show

Jimmy Kimmel Live! has tripled its average ratings - despite about a quarter of ABC stations in the US not airing the show's return.

Euronews

South Park takes aim at FCC chair Brendan Carr in first episode since death of Charlie Kirk

President Donald Trump is depicted attempting to abort his child with Satan in the near-the-knuckle new episode

The Independent UK

How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not

Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and holding signs that say things like “God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11,” “America is Doomed” and “Don’t Pray for the USA.”

The Conversation

With Kimmel’s suspension, the FCC chair made himself Trump’s chief of comedy

Brendan Carr, head of the Federal Communications Commission, is fulfilling the ‘authoritarian’s dream’ he once decried

The Guardian - US

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Jimmy Kimmel Taunts Trump, Saying His Plan to Silence Him 'Backfired Bigly' in Scathing Monologue

Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC on 23 September 2025 with a defiant monologue that was aimed at President Trump and regulators; the comeback exposed legal threats, affiliate blackouts and a broader battle over free speech on broadcast television.

International Business Times UK

Google Says Biden Admin Pressured Company To Remove Content

Plus: ICE helps arrest sex workers, the SIM farm "security threat," Waymo car crashes caused by human error, and more...

Reason

Trump slams Jimmy Kimmel’s return, says ‘We’re going to test ABC out on this’ because ‘last time I went after them, they gave me $16 million’

“The president of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs,” Kimmel said in his return to late-night.

Fortune

After A Tearful Monologue, Inside Source Reveals Jimmy Kimmel’s Staff Threatened To Walk Out

Jimmy Kimmel returned from a weeklong suspension with an emotional monologue addressing the controversy over his comments on Charlie Kirk.

Bored Panda

The Jimmy Kimmel saga explained — what happened and what did he say?

What did the comic do to get pushed off air in the first place? Here’s everything we know

Evening Standard

Jimmy Kimmel returns: DeNiro cameos as Disney decides to up its prices

Jimmy Kimmel returned last night and delivered an opening monologue that earned him several standing ovations. He even had Robert DeNiro cameo for a skit about freedom of speech. Amid the suspension fallout, Disney announced a price hike of its streaming services. Talk about poor timing...

Euronews

What Jimmy Kimmel said in his first monologue on return from suspension

Jimmy Kimmel has returned to his late-night show after a suspension following remarks about Charlie Kirk's killing

The Independent UK

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Kimmel returns with monologue defending free speech: "We have to stand up"

"Our government cannot be allowed to control what we do and do not say on television," Kimmel said.

Euronews

Jimmy Kimmel returns to air, addresses Charlie Kirk comments during emotional monologue

In an emotional mologue, the late-night host thanked those who supported him, addressed the comments he made about Charlie Kirk, and criticised the government and ABC affiliates who took his show off the air.

Reason

Trump's Vision of Broadcast Regulation Is a Threat to Conservatives

History suggests that Republicans will regret letting the FCC police TV programming.

Axios

Jimmy Kimmel's returning, but not for everyone. Markets under blackout, mapped

Sinclair and Nexstar, which control more than 25% of ABC local affiliates, still won't air the show.

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The Conversation

Lawsuits, cancellations and bullying: Trump is systematically destroying press freedom

United States President Donald Trump is well advanced in his systematic campaign to undermine the American media and eviscerate its function of holding him and others in power to account.

Reason

Brendan Carr Says Networks Must Serve the 'Public Interest.' What Does That Mean?

Congress placed the term in the law but chose not to define it, leaving that task for future regulators.

The Guardian - US

TV hosts celebrate Kimmel’s return to air after ‘massive backlash to Trump’s crackdown on free speech’

Late-night hosts give credit to people who boycotted Disney after corporation had indefinitely suspended Kimmel

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to his late-night show after ABC lifts suspension

ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live” is set to return to the air, with millions of people expected to watch to see how he addresses his nearly weeklong suspension

The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel is coming back. It’s proof that you still have power

Disney saw hurricane-level blowback over the talkshow host’s suspension, thanks in large part to consumers

The Independent UK

Stars and fellow hosts react to Jimmy Kimmel’s return: ‘Late-nightmare is over’

Disney announces ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ returning on Tuesday night

Reason

60 Years Ago, Ayn Rand Denounced FCC Censorship. Brendan Carr Should Listen.

In her 1962 essay "Have Gun, Will Nudge," Rand explained exactly how the public interest standard would lead to censorship.

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