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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.

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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

Evening Standard

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’

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - US

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.]

Reason

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.

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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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The Mary Sue

Donald Trump’s already bored with Jimmy Kimmel and teases his next victim

If comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s abrupt dismissal did not faze you enough, Donald Trump‘s latest statement listing his next targets should ring in your ears like a final alarm.

The Independent UK

Meet Trump’s ‘free speech warrior’ behind Kimmel suspension — who opponents call a ‘grave threat’ to the First Amendment

Project 2025 co-author pledged to ‘restore’ free speech before targeting broadcasters in Trump’s sights

The Independent UK

Trump and his FCC chair preached protecting free speech. The Jimmy Kimmel move shows they want to control it

NEWS ANALYSIS: Brendan Carr commits to the illusion of independence, but Trump’s threats to go after NBC next make the administration’s goals for the FCC clear, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK

‘All they do is hit Trump’: President suggests networks should have licenses ‘taken away’ for being too critical

Comments come after Jimmy Kimmel show suspended following threats from Trump-appointed FCC commissioner

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Jimmy Kimmel Finally Breaks Silence After “Offensive” Charlie Kirk Remarks Got His Show Suspended

"Kimmel did it to himself."

The Mary Sue

‘The First Amendment’: Barack Obama just obliterated Trump after he went full dictator and tried to silence Jimmy Kimmel

Donald Trump‘s war on critics has long blurred the line between political power and personal vendetta. However, his latest attempt to silence late-night host Jimmy Kimmel pushes that abuse into dangerous new territory.

Axios

Trump floats pulling TV licenses after Kimmel suspension

Trump said networks critical of him could lose licenses, echoing threats before Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.

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