On September 17, Jimmy Kimmel’s show “Late Night Show” was suspended for an indefinite period by the ABC channel because of the words he made on the assassination of Charlie Kirk, this far-right influencer.
After the eviction of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel’s turn. The pressure that Donald Trump operates on the media is becoming more and more disturbing. We also note that he himself appointed Brendan Carr, president of the Federal Commission for Communications of the United States, responsible for regulating radio, television and internet content, which extends the influence of Donald Trump on the media.
A provisional suspension of “late night show”
Jimmy Kimmel, the animator of ABC’s “late night show” was suspended following his words accusing the Republicans of using the assassination of Charlie Kirk politically, this far-right influencer. Indeed, an ABC spokesperson said that the program “Jimmy Kimmel Live” will be suspended “for an indefinite period”.
In addition, the host had said on the set: “We have reached new peaks this weekend, with the Maga clique which desperately strives to present this young person who murdered Charlie Kirk as someone other than their own and who does everything possible to draw a political advantage”, which caused the ABC group. In addition, the host openly made fun of Trump’s reaction when he learned of the death of Charlie Kirk, declaring that he had reacted “Like a 4 year old child cries a goldfish”.
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Following the words of Jimmy Kimmel, the boss of the Federal Communications Commission (Federal Communications Commission) accused the “scandalous behavior” of the animator. In addition, Andrew Alford, president of the Diffusion Division of Nextar which exploits stations affiliated with ABC, qualified the words of Jimmy Kimmel as ” offensive and insensitive to a critical moment in political discourse (in the United States) ”.
Anti-democratic censorship
Following the removal of Jimmy Kimmel’s program, Donald Trump was delighted by declaring that this abolition is “excellent news for America” on his Truth Social network. He adds: “Congratulations to ABC for having finally had the courage to do what should be done. Kimmel has no talent ”. The American president subsequently called the NBC channel to eject Jimmy Fallon which presents the Tonight Show and Seth Meyers, which presents the late Night, while Stephen Colbert, presenter of the late show, who regularly criticized Donald Trump, has already been ousted. This deletion had been approved by the boss of the FCC, appointed by Trump.
In this momentum, Trump is virulent against the press by limiting access to the White House or requesting substantial sums of money to certain press agencies. For example, recently, the president said that he was going to attack the “New York Times” for defamation, demanding the sum of $ 15 billion in damages.
In addition, on board Air Force One, President Trump had comments in total out -of -the -offs with the American democratic operation: “I read somewhere that the channels were again at 97 % against me, 97 % negative, and yet I won hands down. I think it might have to withdraw their license. ” Faced with the dangerous censorship that Donald Trump operates against the press, Barack Obama reacted strongly on X: “After spending years complaining about the culture of cancellation, the current administration has brought it to a new and dangerous level by regularly threatening to take regulatory measures against media companies unless they urge or dismiss the journalists and commentators.
