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PBS: After Kirk's Murder, Trump Using Govt. to 'Crack Down on Dissent'
Friday’s Washington Week with The Atlantic featured regular roundtable journalist Vivian Salama of The Atlantic discussing the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, or rather, the GOP’s supposedly frightening and hypocritical reactions to Kirk’s assassination: "President Trump puts television networks on notice and stokes fears that he`s using the government to…

David Bozell: Americans Are Done Tolerating Left-Wing Media Bias
MRC President David Bozell joined the The Joe Concha Tunnel to Towers Foundation Show Sunday morning to break down the real reason ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel.

MSNBC Host Claims ‘Hard to Understand’ What Kimmel’s MAGA Smear Meant
As the left-wing media wallowed in their self-absorbed censorship fantasy, MSNBC continued to reaffirm its commitment to being one of, if not the, worst offender. At the end of an exhaustingly boring week, Ana Cabrera Reports decided to add a little pizzazz to Friday morning by blatantly lying about what “comedian” Jimmy Kimmel’s possibly famous last words on ABC actually meant.

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…

Egging on the Haters: CNN Pushes for Someone to Sue Over Kimmel
ABC’s indefinite suspension of late night “comedian” Jimmy Kimmel sent a shockwave across the media landscape. On Friday, CNN This Morning claimed FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and President Trump’s reactions to the suspension constituted government pressure…

'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.

David Bozell on O’Connor: ‘Kimmel’s Comment Was Beyond the Pale’
Thursday morning on WMAL’s O’Connor and Company, MRC NewsBusters took center stage in a lively chat about Jimmy Kimmel’s indefinite suspension from ABC. The conversation, featuring MRC President David Bozell, kicked off with a quip about two of the more grueling jobs at MRC, handled by Alex Christy, who covers the late-night “comedy” shows, and Nick Fondacaro, who monitors…

CNN’s Tapper, Stelter Defend, Mourn Jimmy Kimmel After ABC Suspension
CNN’s The Lead happened to be on-air as word came that ABC had suspended liberal late-night host Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely following conspiratorial and vile remarks Monday mocking President Trump and conservatives for mourning last week’s assassination of Charlie Kirk. Before CNN went nearly wall-to-wall with coverage as though there had been a mass shooting, host Jake Tapper and…

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Rejects Politico Push on Big Tech Censorship
A legacy media host teed up Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to join the chorus of calls for censorship following the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk, but Carr didn’t take the bait.

Pricks: Darcy Hails ‘Freedom of the Press Foundation’ Attacking Carr
Writing Monday night for his site Status, liberal media authoritarian Oliver Darcy — who has called for conservative media to be abolished from cable providers — celebrated a letter from the Freedom of the Press Foundation demanding Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr be disbarred and investigated by the D.C. Court of Appeals for, well, existing and alleging he hates…

MSNBC’s Ari Melber Accuses FCC of Killing Free Speech Through CBS Deal
MSNBC’s Ari Melber, on his show The Beat Monday, hosted FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez to speak out against the recent Paramount-Skydance merger. Featuring the obviously inflammatory headline “TRUMP VS. 1ST AMENDMENT,” it was clear which way Melber and his guest leaned. The two discussed how the FCC’s typical role in the merger was really an attack against our Constitution.

FCC Approves Skydance Purchase of CBS News’s Parent Company
Late Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it had “approved Skydance’s $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global and its subsidiaries, including the ultimate parent company of the CBS network of owned and operated broadcast television stations, by granting a series of applications that transfer FCC licenses and authorizations.”

Shaddap Zazu! John Oliver Shills for Station that Unmasked ICE Agents
HBO’s cheap rent-a-clown John Oliver — whose delivery is about as funny as a tax audit — made one of the dumbest attempts to excuse a George Soros-controlled radio station unmasking undercover ICE agents conducting operations in gang-infested San Jose, California.

MSNBC Bemoans Loss of Trust in 'Legitimate Newsrooms' Like Them
On Tuesday night’s episode of MSNBC’s The 11th Hour, a panel hosted by Stephanie Ruhle expressed their regret, dismay, and indignation at the implosion of public confidence in established, mainstream media outlets, such as their own. In typical fashion for them, they pinned all the blame on such favorite bogeymen as President Trump and Elon Musk, and showed no self-awareness of the…