Source: Common Dreams
by Paul Rogat Loeb
“How can we effectively push back on the Jimmy Kimmel suspension, and its larger threats to free speech? After Charlie Kirk’s shooting, Kimmel posted, ‘Can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human?’ And sent his family’s ‘love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents, and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.’ But that didn’t seem to matter, because Kimmel also dared to point out that the Trump administration was using the assassination to score political points. US President Donald Trump had already warned in July that Kimmel should be the next to be fired after Stephen Colbert. After Kimmel spoke out following the assassination, Trump Federal Communications Commission head Brendan Carr threatened to revoke the licenses of stations carrying Kimmel’s show. Nexstar and Sinclair then jumped in saying they wouldn’t air Kimmel’s episodes. And ABC-Disney caved.” (09/22/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/boycott-for-jimmy-kimmel