POLL RESULTS: Worst Media Take of the Week Winner!
POLL RESULTS: Worst Media Take of the Week Winner!
Kimmel: Kirk Assassin Remarks Were 'Maliciously Mischaracterized'
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel joined Bloomberg managing editor for media and entertainment Lucas Shaw on Wednesday for a discussion at Bloomberg Screentime. Twice during their conversation, Kimmel accused his critics of “distortion” and “intentionally and I think maliciously” mischaracterizing the comments that got him suspended. However, sandwiched in-between those remarks, Kimmel also unwittingly…
POLL: What Was the Worst Media Take of the Week?
POLL: What Was the Worst Media Take of the Week?
WashPost Tries To Say Trump Has Made Political Comedy Important Again
The opinion section at The Washington Post may be moving in a positive direction towards an embrace of free markets, but the style section still has a ways to go. A Saturday article that was published in the Tuesday print edition by Elahe Izadi sought to answer the question, “Has Trump’s government made political comedy feel important again?” According to Izadi and her sources, the answer is…
Kimmel: GOP Is Lying About Health Care Because 'Klan Mom' Says So
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel found a strange, new respect for Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a woman he has frequently dubbed “Klan Mom,” on his Tuesday show as he claimed a recent tweet from Greene proved his point that Republicans are lying about health care amid the government shutdown.
Kimmel Says ICE Super Bowl Presence Is About Tackling Brown People
Recently, the Department of Homeland Security has announced ICE will be at February’s Super Bowl. This may strike normal people as uncontroversial given its historical precedent and the amount of security needed for the Super Bowl, but for ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday, ICE’s Super Bowl deployment allows it to do its number one job: tackle brown people.
Late Night Shows Receive Their Shutdown Talking Points
On Wednesday, the late night comedians received their government shutdown-related marching orders. To listen to them is no different than any generic Democratic member of Congress who portrays the shutdown as a showdown between Democrats, who want people to have healthcare, and Republicans, who do not.
Interviewing Johnson, Bash Advocates For Democrats' Shutdown Position
It was a tale of two interviews for CNN’s Dana Bash on Wednesday’s Inside Politics as she sat down with Speaker Mike Johnson and left-wing activist and actress Jane Fonda. During her conversation with Johnson, Bash recited Democratic talking points on the government shutdown and wondered if there is “something to that.” Meanwhile, she laughed it up with Fonda and suggested that she had the…
Kimmel, Colbert Talk Suspension, But Avoid Reason Why
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and CBS’s Stephen Colbert guested on each other’s respective Tuesday shows, and the former’s recent suspension was naturally a topic of interest. However, the reason why ABC suspended Kimmel in the first place went unmentioned, but there was still plenty of attacks on “that son of a bitch,” President Trump, and mutual back patting.
Fallon Claims 'We Hit Both Sides Equally' (He Does Not)
NBC’s host of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon, stopped by CNBC’s Squawk on the Street on Tuesday to promote his new On Brand. While there, co-host Carl Quintanilla naturally asked about the state of late night, especially in the aftermath of ABC’s brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. Fallon insisted that his show isn't that political and contrary to all evidence, that “we hit both sides equally…
CNN Whines About Kimmel Suspension, Ignored Years of Biden Censorship
CNN is once again demonstrating gross hypocrisy on free speech.
Tapper Spends Hour Implying Kimmel Is the REAL Victim of Kirk Murder
On Sunday’s The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, CNN host Jake Tapper spent an hour mourning the six-day suspension of ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel — a personal friend Tapper didn’t disclose — as dangerous for free speech. Most disgusting was Tapper relegating the September 10 murder of Charlie Kirk to a supporting role, thus painting a narrative (via use of his time) that Kimmel’s…
Nexstar, Sinclair Back Down, Will Air 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Again
Sinclair and Nexstar, the two major ABC affiliate owners that were still preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live!, announced on Friday that they are backing down.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Gushes Over 'Brave And Powerful' Kimmel
It is quickly becoming a tradition that celebrity guests that appear on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! have to sing the praises of the eponymous host. On Wednesday, it was actor Ethan Hawke, and on Thursday, it was actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her dog’s turn to gush over the supposedly “brave and powerful” Kimmel.
