Kimmel didn’t just ‘hardly say anything.’ In his monologue he framed the ‘MAGA gang’ as trying to ‘characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,’ and he mocked MAGA supporters while implying the shooter’s politics aligned with the right. That’s an asserted narrative, not a verified fact. ABC/Nexstar are within their editorial rights to pull segments that present speculation as fact, and none of that turns on whether his tone was mild.

MAGA did, in fact, do their best over the weekend to cast the shooter as anything other than one of them. Comments made in poor taste? Maybe? Not really? No poorer taste than the president saying on Fox & Friends that he "couldn't care less" about promoting unity after the Kirk shooting.

Next point, from NYTimes article covering this: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/business/media/abc-jimmy-...

"The abrupt decision by the network, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company, came hours after the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, assailed Mr. Kimmel’s remarks and suggested that his regulatory agency might take action against ABC because of them."

So yes, ABC/Nexstar are within their editorial rights to make this decision, but that decision came at an awfully conspicuous time. So what, nothing to see here?

It's called entertainment. He's a comedian. You're opposed to free speech and favor government censorship. News and journalists are supposed to do facts, not literal jesters.