ABSURD: PolitiFact Won't Check Kimmel's LIE, Tags Hannity as 'False'
The furor over Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension exposed PolitiFact once again as a very partisan outfit – not an “independent fact-checker.” They offered no fact check for Kimmel’s nationally broadcast lie that Kirk's killer was somehow a Trump fan. Instead they threw a "False" rating on Thursday at...Sean Hannity.
New Yorker Claims Moral Equivalence Between Charlie Kirk and Assassin
The New Yorker magazine has faced criticism for alleged bias, particularly in a recent article by Kyle Chayka that controversially links conservative commentator Charlie Kirk with his assassin, Tyler Robinson. The piece argues Kirk's online presence fosters toxic dynamics similar to those that radicalize individuals like Robinson, yet critics claim Chayka's piece unfairly equates Kirk's…
Networks Still Mourn Kimmel, ABC/NBC Skip Reports of Actual Backlash
ABC, CBS, and NBC were still enraged on Friday morning and evening over unfunny late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s indefinite suspension from ABC over his vile remarks Monday spreading a conspiracy theory about the Charlie Kirk assassination. And once again, they fiddled with a conspiracy theory of their own that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), local TV conglomerates, and the Trump…
MRC’s David Bozell Sounds Off Over Kimmel Suspension in Fox Column
In a column posted late Friday afternoon over at Fox News Opinion, Media Research Center President David Bozell blasted the flimsy arguments that cancel culture is on the march for those who’ve expressed odious and stomach-churning responses to the September 10 assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
Dowd Attacks MSNBC For Firing Him, Laments The Left's Focus On Kimmel
Democrat-turned Republican-turned independent-turned Democrat Matthew Dowd was fired from his MSNBC commentator position for speculating that Charlie Kirk was shot by someone firing their gun in celebration and for saying, “I always go back to hateful thoughts, lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that's the environment we're in that, that people just you can'…
MRC Analyst Credited with Kimmel Suspension in New York Times
Following Wednesday’s indefinite suspension of ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for malicious comments on Monday about the Charlie Kirk assassination, The New York Times penned an article Friday morning online that credited MRC NewsBusters news analyst Alex Christy for sparking the backlash and suspension with a viral social media post (viewed over 15.5 million times).
Kimmel Ratings Chart Goes Viral to Show ‘Real Reason’ He Was Suspended
A chart showing how Jimmy Kimmel’s late-show ratings had been plummeting prior to his indefinite suspension by ABC has gone viral as social media users suggest that he was pulled for more than just his offensive, false comments regarding the assassination of conservative Charlie Kirk.
Meyers, Stewart, Fallon Blast Kimmel's Suspension, Don't Play Remarks
CBS’s Stephen Colbert freaked out on Thursday’s edition of The Late Show at ABC suspending Jimmy Kimmel and downplayed his comments that MAGA was “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” but at least he played the clip. The same could not be said of Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart on The Daily Show and NBC’s…
CNN Guest Invokes Kimmel Suspension Alongside Civil War, WWI Censors
Longtime University of Virginia professor and increasingly far-left kook Larry Sabato surfaced on Thursday afternoon’s CNN News Central and compared this supposedly dark time in America given the timeout ABC placed Jimmy Kimmel in and President Trump’s ripping of the media alongside the Civil War, the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798 and censorship during both world wars.
'That's Just Jimmy Kimmel': Colbert Doesn't Understand Anger at Kimmel
All of the late night comedians addressed ABC suspending Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday shows, but CBS’s Stephen Colbert’s reaction on The Late Show was especially bad. Not only did Colbert not see any problem in what Kimmel said, but he also teamed up with CNN host Jake Tapper and The New Yorker editor David Remnick to warn about the decay of press freedom in the Trump era.
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Column: ABC Has Enough of Jimmy Kimmel's 'Comedy'
ABC stunned the media world on Wednesday by announcing they were suspending Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely after several ABC station groups withdrew their support for the show. But it was just a cancellation of a show, like So Help Me Todd. It wasn't the cancellation of a life, like Charlie Kirk's.
CLOWN NOSE ON: Kamau Bell Comedysplains Kimmel’s MAGA Smear
While in the process of explaining the comedic process to his debate table interlocutor on CNN’s NewsNight with Abby Phillip, comic and filmmaker W. Kamau Bell did the classic “clown nose on/clown nose off” that is the hallmark of the left-regime comic. That he did it while explaining Jimmy Kimmel’s mendacious Monday bit is pure poetry.
NewsBusters Podcast: Jimmy Kimmel Schtick's Too Cruel for ABC Stations
ABC stations revolted when late-night host Jimmy Kimmel uncorked some revolting remarks about the murder of Charlie Kirk, lying against all evidence that the suspect is a Trump supporter. MRC President David Bozell and NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck joined me to review the current situation.
