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The swift decision by ABC and several affiliates to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s show after his tasteless commentary about the tragic killing of Charlie Kirk was long overdue. Local broadcasters like Nexstar and Sinclair refused to let Kimmel’s smear campaign air on their stations, and the Federal Communications Commission raised legitimate concerns about misinformation and public interest obligations. This was not a spontaneous purge by conservatives but a market and regulatory reaction to irresponsible behavior from a celebrity who used tragedy to score political points.
For years late-night hosts have enjoyed a free pass to sneer at mainstream America, but accountability finally caught up to one who stepped over every line and misled viewers about the facts. Kimmel’s monologue tried to cast the murderer as a proxy for an entire movement and turned a solemn moment into cheap political theater, provoking affiliates to act to protect their communities. When entertainers begin twisting tragic events into partisan propaganda, stations have every right to question whether those voices deserve a national platform.
President Trump was blunt and correct when he noted that ratings and talent matter in television, and conservatives shouldn’t apologize for pointing out that leftist hosts coast on outrage while losing audience trust. Members of the Trump family echoed that sentiment across conservative media, stressing that networks answer first to viewers and advertisers, not partisan elites. This is about consequences — not censorship — and Americans who pay for cable and tune in have the right to demand better.
The left’s predictable hysteria about “government coercion” ignores the simple truth: private employers and broadcasters make programming decisions every day, and viewers are free to judge for themselves. Self-styled defenders of free speech now want to rescue a man who repeatedly weaponized his platform against ordinary patriots; that hypocrisy should not stand unchallenged. Conservatives should be unapologetic in defending accountability while also pushing back whenever regulatory power is abused — there is a balance to be struck between enforcing standards and overreach.
If anything, this episode is a wake-up call to hardworking Americans who watch the same cable shows and bear the costs of corporate media’s hypocrisy. Hold networks to the same standards they demand of everyone else, and stop pretending that insult and misinformation are acceptable because they come from a familiar coastal voice. The American people deserve honest entertainment, not sanctimonious lectures that flout decency and then cry foul when consequences follow.
