The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show over Charlie Kirk comments is the latest sign of business coming under pressure from the White House
The indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s 22-year run on late-night TV is the latest sign of the pressure US media businesses are under to bend to the rightwing views endorsed by Donald Trump, or face commercial cancellation.
The decision by the Disney-owned ABC followed Kimmel’s on-air accusations that the Republicans were doing everything they could to score political points from the killing of Charlie Kirk. It came after one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the US, Nexstar, had said it would replace Kimmel’s show for the foreseeable future.
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