From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Jimmy Kimmel FAFO
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 11:21:05 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-10-01 18:53, Alan wrote:
> On 2025-09-18 10:15, NoBody wrote:
>> NEW YORK (AP) â ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmelâs late-night show
>> indefinitely beginning Wednesday after comments that he made about
>> Charlie Kirkâs killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say
>> it would not air the show and provoked some ominous comments from a
>> top federal regulator.
>>
>> The veteran late-night comic, made several remarks about the reaction
>> to the conservative activistâs assassination last week on âJimmy
>> Kimmel Live!â Monday and Tuesday nights, including that âmany in MAGA
>> land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie
>> Kirk.â
>>
>> ABC, which has aired Kimmelâs late-night show since 2003, moved
>> swiftly after Nexstar Communications Group said it would pull the show
>> starting Wednesday. Kimmelâs comments about Kirkâs death âare
>> offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political
>> discourse,â said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstarâs broadcasting
>> division. Nexstar operates 23 ABC affiliates.
>>
>> https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-kimmel-show-suspended-charlie-kirk-
>> a2bfa904429c318fe52e7d3493c6883d
>>
>> People have had enough.
>
> Huh.
>
> Looks like even the corporations who claimed they'd cancel Kimmel on
> their stations...
>
> ...caved.
>
> 'Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be back on ABC-affiliated stations of both
> Sinclair Broadcasting and Nexstar Media Group starting tonight, the
> companies said Friday.
>
> Both broadcasters had earlier this week refused to resume airing the
> show after Disney, which owns ABC, lifted a nearly week-long suspension
> over comments the late-night host made in a monologue about the shooting
> death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
>
> The move means Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to local TV on Nexstar's
> ABC affiliates in 28 cities, along with the 38 stations where Sinclair
> agreed to restore the show.'
>
> <https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sinclair-nexstar-kimmel-boycott-
> over-1.7644949>
>
> So...
>
> Who "found out" what, exactly?
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