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Why Congress' Democrats are going all out to fight and investigate Jimmy Kimmel's suspension

"You can't come after America's comedians," said one House Democrat. "People are going to pay attention."

Axios

Hollywood Stars and Creatives Call for Disney Boycott Over Jimmy Kimmel Cancellation

Voices across Hollywood, including Disney stars, are speaking out against the company's actions.

Inverse

'Hit them where it hurts': Angry Disney+ and Hulu users are closing their accounts in their droves as Jimmy Kimmel cancellation saga rumbles on

Disney+ and Hulu are facing a mass exodus of users as furious fans and Hollywood creatives hit out over Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.

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Disney execs and Kimmel haggled over response to FCC Charlie Kirk complaint right before ABC pulled him off air, reports say

Late night host and Disney reps could not agree on language that would not exacerbate the situation further

The Independent UK

US House passes resolution to honor Charlie Kirk in vote that divided Democrats

Several Democrats who opposed the measure said they condemned Kirk’s murder, but could not support his speech

The Guardian - US

'Do It NBC!': Trump Demands Fallon and Meyers Be Fired Next After Kimmel Suspension Sparks Free Speech Row

Following the indefinite suspension of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' over comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination, Donald Trump demands that NBC fire Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, escalating a national debate over free speech, media pressure and broadcast regulation.

International Business Times UK

FCC chair thinks it’s ‘worthwhile’ to investigate ‘The View’ as show skips Jimmy Kimmel firing

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr discussed the potential probe into ‘The View’ one day after ABC announced Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension

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Does Jimmy Kimmel’s removal over Charlie Kirk violate freedom of speech?

Disney-owned ABC pulled Kimmel’s late-night show off the air after he made comments about MAGA and Tyler Robinson.

Al Jazeera

Yanking Jimmy Kimmel’s show is a new low for free speech in America

Kimmel’s sudden defenestration may be a political success for Trump but it’s a dire sign for free speech in America

The Guardian - US

David Letterman has been in contact with Jimmy Kimmel since cancellation

David Letterman has been in touch with Jimmy Kimmel since his talk show was taen off air.

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Donald Trump says TV networks which criticise him could have licences revoked

DONALD Trump has suggested that if TV networks only give him bad press “their licence should be taken away”

The National (Scotland)

Trump suggests TV networks which criticise him could have licences taken away

The decision by US network ABC to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! from its schedules has led to widespread criticism and claims of government censorship.

Evening Standard

Donald Trump is reshaping the US media landscape: After Kimmel, who’s next?

Critics fear crackdowns on free speech as Donald Trump escalating his campaign to reshaping the American media landscape. After late-night hosts Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, will media companies manage to protect other media personalities expressing their First Amendment rights?

Euronews

Jimmy Kimmel asked to apologise by ABC affiliate

Jimmy Kimmel has been asked by ABC's largest affiliate broadcaster to apologise and make a "meaningful personal donation" to Charlie Kirk's non-profit if he wants to return to air.

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Late night hosts rally round Jimmy Kimmel

Late night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and Jon Stewart pledged support to Jimmy Kimmel and criticised the decision to suspend his programme indefinitely on their shows on Thursday (18.09.25) night.

Evening Standard

Stephen Colbert condemns Jimmy Kimmel suspension as 'blatant assault on free speech'

‘People across the country are shocked by this blatant assault on the freedom of speech,’ said Stephen Colbert

The Independent UK

Jon Stewart’s ‘obedient’ Daily Show monologue on Jimmy Kimmel lambasts Trump and the state of free speech in America

Jon Stewart interviewed Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa about disinformation and free speech

The Independent UK

Stephen Colbert brands Trump an ‘autocrat’ as he defends suspended Jimmy Kimmel

Stephen Colbert called ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘blatant censorship’

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The Guardian - US

Late-night show hosts decry suspension of Kimmel’s show: ‘Blatant assault on freedom of speech’

Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman criticize ABC’s parent company, Disney and FCC chief Brendan Carr

Reason

The FCC Chair's Unprecedented, and Constitutionally Problematic, Response to Jimmy Kimmel

And Trump's much more extreme one. [EV writes: I bumped this post from yesterday, because it struck me as especially timely and substantively valuable.]

International Business Times

Eying Bottom Line, US Media Giants Bow To Trump

The suspension by Disney-owned ABC of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is the latest surrender by a US media giant to pressure from the Trump administration, putting the bottom line over free speech.

Reason

Abolish the FCC

The Trump Administration's recent abuses of the agency's powers lend weight to longstanding libertarian arguments for abolishing it, going back to Nobel Prize-winning economist Ronald Coase's classic 1959 article.

We Got This Covered

‘New and dangerous level’: Even Obama sees that MAGA has weaponized cancel culture to an extreme

Even Obama sees the issues here.

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: president threatens other TV networks amid Jimmy Kimmel fallout

Donald Trump suggests networks that carry critical coverage should lose licenses, amid calls for boycott of ABC owner Disney – key US politics stories from 18 September 2025

Axios

Senate Republicans squirm over FCC comments on Jimmy Kimmel

The reactions create another remarkable split screen in the age of Trump.

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