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    Networks Still Mourn Kimmel, ABC/NBC Ignore Reports of Backlash Over Vile Remarks

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    Networks Still Mourn Kimmel, ABC/NBC Ignore Reports of Backlash Over Vile Remarks

    CORDES: [B]oth the President and his FCC chair have now said that they may not stop with Jimmy Kimmel, that there are other TV host or even journalists that they think do not belong on the air. Critics, including some Republicans, say any move to pull broadcast licenses would be unprecedented and potentially unconstitutional.

    PRO-KIMMEL PROTESTERS: Bring Jimmy back! Bring Jimmy back!

    CORDES: With Jimmy Kimmel off the air for a third straight day, the fallout is growing. Film and TV writers protested outside ABC headquarters in New York, even as President Trump warned he may go after other networks next.

    CORDES: Today, Michael Eisner, the former CEO of ABCs parent company Disney, slammed his successors, posting, “Where has all the leadership gone? Who will step up for the first amendment?” Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday with these remarks.

    JIMMY KIMMEL [on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, 09/15/25]: We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk is anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.

    CORDES: The suspension came just hours after Trump FCC chair Brendan Carr appeared to threaten to hold up a major affiliate deal over Kimmel’s comments.

    FCC CHAIRMAN BRENDAN CARR [on The Benny Show, 09/17/25]: We can do this easy way or the hard way.

    CORDES: Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz called those comments “dangerous as hell.”

    CORDES: But other conservatives argued Kimmel had it coming.

    SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY (R-MO): I don’t feel sorry for him at all and I think Disney did the right thing.

    DUBOIS: Nancy, we are hearing about a shooting incident at a TV station in Sacramento, California. What do we know about that?

    CORDES: Maurice, police are calling this a drive-by shooting. They say there were several shots fired at the TV station from a vehicle before it took off, and, luckily, no one was injured. The motive, they say, is still unclear, but one local law enforcement official said that attacks on the media or any type of business will not be tolerated.

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