ABC Fired Jimmy Kimmel Over a Conservative Death Joke and His Guest Just Did It Again
Jimmy Kimmel got his show pulled off the air for joking about a conservative's death.His replacement walked onstage 48 hours after Lindsey Graham died and did it again. What Ike Barinholtz, a supposed comedian, said on live television Monday night should cost ABC the same thing it cost them last fall. ABC Learned Nothing From the Charlie Kirk Suspension.
Less than a year ago, ABC yanked Kimmel off the air after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr called his Charlie Kirk death jokes "truly sick" and threatened Disney's broadcast licenses. Nexstar and Sinclair – two of the country's biggest affiliate groups – immediately pulled the show from their stations.
Kimmel returned only after apologizing on air, voice breaking, swearing he never meant to make light of anyone's death.
The show has become a revolving door of left-wing politics disguised as late night entertainment – and now it's openly daring regulators to respond.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr was blunt when Kimmel's show was suspended last fall: companies either act on their own or face regulatory action.
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