Jimmy Kimmel’s program was suspended indefinitely by the American television chain ABC on Wednesday, by comments made about Charlie Kirk, Conservative activist murdered on September 10and after these are publicly criticized by the leader of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr.
Former US President Barack Obama and former presidential presidential candidate Kamala Harris criticized on Thursday for media companies to give in to Donald Trump’s pressures following the
Jimmy Kimmel’s program was suspended indefinitely by the American television chain ABC on Wednesday, by comments made about Charlie Kirk, and after these are publicly criticized by the Federal Communications Commission leader (FCC), Brendan Carr.
A former-Vice-President Democrat Kamala Harris portrayed the situation as “a blatant abuse of power.”
“This government is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence those who speak up,” he accused on social network X.
“Social communication companies — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating before these threats,” he criticized.
In his monologue on Monday, Kimmel said that after the death of Kirk, The country has reached “New minimum levels”.
“The gang Maga [‘Make America Great Again’, movimento que apoia Trump] desperately tried to characterize the type [Tyler Robinson] who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, doing everything he could to get political gains, “said the humorist.
According to the president of the Nexstar Broadcasting Division (a company that represents ABC’s affiliated local channels), Andrew Alford, “Mr. Kimmel’s comments about Mr. Kirk’s death are offensive and insensitive at a critical moment of national political discourse.”
A Nexstar pressure followed criticism from the FCC president, classifying Kimmel’s comments as “True sickly”.
Carr also stressed that his agency has the powers to hold Walt Disney Co., ABC’s parent company for disseminating misinformation.
For Kamala Harris, “You can’t dare to be silent or complacent about this frontal attack on freedom of expression.”
“We, the people, deserve something better,” said the former California attorney.
As Stephen Colbert, famous humorist gives cbs, Kimmel has satirized in his program at ABC Donald Trump and many of his policies.
CBS announced last summer that it would cancel Colbert’s program at the end of this season, claiming financial motivesAlthough some critics question whether their position on Trump has had any impact.
Also the former president Barack Obama reacted to Kimmel’s removal, with criticism of the Republicans:
“After years of complaining about the culture of cancellation, the current government raised the situation to a new and dangerous level, threatening routinely with regulatory measures to media companies, unless they gag or dismiss reporters and commentators that they do not like,” Obama published on social networks.
“This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the first amendment (of the Constitution) was created to lock — and media companies need to start taking a position rather than capitulating before it.”
In Washington, the Democrats in Congress reported Thursday the threats of the Trump administration against their critics and presented a law that would reinforce the protections of freedom of expression before government officials.
In a congress controlled by Republicans, it refers to AP, it is unlikely that the project-law will be approved, But the Democrats took advantage of the press conference of presentation to harshly criticize the Trump P administrationor press ABC to suspend Kimmel’s program.
“What Brendan Carr is doing is negligible,” said Democratic leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, also responsible for the president for an orchestrated campaign to silence critical voices.
Schumer even resigned from FCC President Brendan Carr for intimidating ABC and leading to the suspension of the presenter of the night program.
