Liberal media and Democrats have been embarrassing themselves in relation to Jimmy Kimmel's ABC show being suspended indefinitely. They've been trying to make it about President Donald Trump or the FCC, by bootstrap it into "state action."
But the action was taken by ABC and its affiliate groups, Nexstar and Sinclair. Nexstar and Sinclair made it clear they were not happy with Kimmel's despicable comments, in which he implied Charlie Kirk's accused killer was MAGA. Sinclair is demanding an apology from Kimmel before they will air his show again. They intend to run a commemoration of Kirk in Kimmel's slot on Friday, as well as during the weekend.
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Jimmy Kimmel's Despicable Remarks About Man Accused of Killing Charlie Kirk
But liberal media types don't seem to understand the concept of free speech, and that it can come with consequences. There is no requirement that these companies have Kimmel on their air.
Fox's Greg Gutfeld torched both his Fox compatriot Jessica Tarlov and S.E. Cupp for their hot takes.
Here's Fox's resident liberal, Jessica Tarlov, who wrote on X: "Free speech advocates on the right have a lot of heavy lifting to do."
Free speech advocates on the right have a lot of heavy lifting to do. https://t.co/k8oCKwFcum
— Jessica Tarlov (@JessicaTarlov) September 17, 2025
No, not really, as Gutfeld explained.
Pretty easy lift. You have a right to be wrong. The company you work for has a right to pull you for it. The heavy lifting is on your end or you would have made your case. 😎 https://t.co/HPXvIFH72u
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) September 17, 2025
"Pretty easy lift," he replied. "You have a right to be wrong. The company you work for has a right to pull you for it. The heavy lifting is on your end or you would have made your case."
Next up was CNN political commentator S.E. Cupp. Gutfeld dealt with her handily as well.
This administration is systematically killing free speech, and these capitulating media companies are acting as willing accomplices. Frightening and shameful. https://t.co/WG1LglUDP6
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) September 17, 2025
"This administration is systematically killing free speech, and these capitulating media companies are acting as willing accomplices. Frightening and shameful," she asserted.
"Killing free speech" is certainly a interesting choice of words. Gutfeld had some very definitive thoughts on that. He noted she was talking about "systematically killing free speech." a week after a leftist allegedly killed Kirk, "a crime Kimmel deliberately and misleadingly blamed on Kirk's allies and friends."
"systematically killing free speech." - said, a week after a leftist systematically killed Charlie Kirk - a crime Kimmel deliberately and misleadingly blamed on Kirk's allies and friends.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) September 18, 2025
her blind spot is so big, Stelter's fat ass could walk thru it without scraping the walls. https://t.co/V64LdZZsqZ
Gutfeld noted Cupp's blind spot was "so big" in very colorful terms.
It wasn't Kimmel who was killed - it was Charlie Kirk. Kimmel is free to spew whatever he wants, Kirk is no longer able to do that. His voice was silenced, although his legacy continues. It takes a lot of gall to see this kind of a sentence from Cupp--and the uproar from the left, to see them behave like the victims yet again. You are not the victims here.
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