Firing someone for making a political statement is business. You never want to alienate half your consumer base.

COVID is still fresh enough that people should remember. If you were pro or anti anything 5 years ago it probably hurt you since sentiment swung both ways and both positions look silly in hindsight.

Alienate half your audience? That doesn't compute. Kimmel was not watched by that half already.

> Firing someone for making a political statement is business.

Except that he was fired right after the FCC chair threatened ABC. That feels more like government censorship than business.

Unless now "business" encompasses "it's better for business to not criticize the government". Which I suppose it does, under Trump. But that's not something we should accept or allow in a free society, under the constitution we have.