'That's Just Jimmy Kimmel': Colbert Doesn't Understand Anger at Kimmel
All of the late night comedians addressed ABC suspending Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday shows, but CBS’s Stephen Colbert’s reaction on The Late Show was especially bad. Not only did Colbert not see any problem in what Kimmel said, but he also teamed up with CNN host Jake Tapper and The New Yorker editor David Remnick to warn about the decay of press freedom in the Trump era.
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Column: ABC Has Enough of Jimmy Kimmel's 'Comedy'
ABC stunned the media world on Wednesday by announcing they were suspending Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely after several ABC station groups withdrew their support for the show. But it was just a cancellation of a show, like So Help Me Todd. It wasn't the cancellation of a life, like Charlie Kirk's.
NewsBusters Podcast: Jimmy Kimmel Schtick's Too Cruel for ABC Stations
ABC stations revolted when late-night host Jimmy Kimmel uncorked some revolting remarks about the murder of Charlie Kirk, lying against all evidence that the suspect is a Trump supporter. MRC President David Bozell and NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck joined me to review the current situation.
MRC's David Bozell on Kimmel: 'Fire This Man, For Once and For All'
MRC President David Bozell urged ABC to end its relationship with Jimmy Kimmel in an interview Thursday on the NewsBusters Podcast. Referring to Kimmel's claims that Charlie Kirk's killer was a Trump fan, he said “In this instance, when he had every available moment to prepare his own remarks and having vetted his remarks through a writing team, a production team, various producers, and he…
Networks Mourn Kimmel Suspension, ABC Falsely Claims FCC Canned Him
On Thursday, the “Big Three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC had full stories on their flagship morning news shows mourning the indefinite suspension of ABC late-night partisan tool Jimmy Kimmel, bemoaning an alleged conspiracy between the Trump administration and local TV conglomerates to censor a “Trump critic.”
David Bozell on O’Connor: ‘Kimmel’s Comment Was Beyond the Pale’
Thursday morning on WMAL’s O’Connor and Company, MRC NewsBusters took center stage in a lively chat about Jimmy Kimmel’s indefinite suspension from ABC. The conversation, featuring MRC President David Bozell, kicked off with a quip about two of the more grueling jobs at MRC, handled by Alex Christy, who covers the late-night “comedy” shows, and Nick Fondacaro, who monitors…
CNN: With 'Wannabe Mob Boss' Trump, 'We're Close to State-Run Media'
On CNN This Morning, they ran a clip of Rep. Daniel Goldman calling President Trump a "wannabe mob boss" after Jimmy Kimmel's show was suspended by ABC. CNN analyst Meghan Hays warned "We are running dangerously close to state-run media...They're dismantling democracy by doing this." Democracy = equals lying about an assassin?
CNN’s Tapper, Stelter Defend, Mourn Jimmy Kimmel After ABC Suspension
CNN’s The Lead happened to be on-air as word came that ABC had suspended liberal late-night host Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely following conspiratorial and vile remarks Monday mocking President Trump and conservatives for mourning last week’s assassination of Charlie Kirk. Before CNN went nearly wall-to-wall with coverage as though there had been a mass shooting, host Jake Tapper and…
BREAKING: Kimmel Suspended Indefinitely From ABC
ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel off the air after the late night host claimed on Monday that “the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
America Is ‘Screwed’: The View Already Back to Using Inciting Rhetoric
The body of conservative activist Charlie Kirk wasn’t even in the ground yet when ABC co-host Joy Behar decided to go back to spewing inciting rhetoric against President Trump and conservatives. During Wednesday’s episode of The View, Behar proclaimed that America was “screwed” and moderator Whoopi Goldberg proclaimed that she didn’t know how long the Constitution would last. And not…
ABC’s Gutman: I Regret Calling Kirk Suspect’s Texts ‘Very Touching’
Early Wednesday morning, ABC chief national correspondent Matt Gutman took to X and not on-air to offer his attempt at apologizing for fawning Tuesday afternoon over text messages between the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination and his trans lover as “lovingly” stated, “very intimate,” and “very touching.” Gutman stated at 6:32 a.m. Eastern the following: “1. Yesterday I tried to…
Kimmel, Colbert Push Dubious Study, Say Violence Is Mostly Right-Wing
CBS’s Stephen Colbert and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel attacked Vice President JD Vance on their Tuesday shows for claiming “it is a statistical fact” that most of the crazy people in politics today are on the far-left after the murder of Charlie Kirk. The duo claimed to have a study on their side to back up their claims that Vance was spewing “complete bull[bleep],” but that study has an expansive…
Legacy Newscasts Still Avoiding Motive in Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
It’s been a week since Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a trans-adjacent (allegedly) leftist with a grudge. Despite a press conference by the local prosecutor with extensive details, the legacy newscasts avoided any discussion of the shooter’s motive.
