'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.

Alex Christy
September 19th, 2025 10:52 AM

POLL: What Was the Worst Media Take of the Week?

POLL: What Was the Worst Media Take of the Week?

Geoffrey Dickens
September 19th, 2025 9:48 AM

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.

Tim Graham
September 19th, 2025 5:57 AM

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.

Jorge Bonilla
September 19th, 2025 2:02 AM

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.

Tim Graham
September 18th, 2025 10:56 PM

MRC's David Bozell on Kimmel: 'Fire This Man, For Once and For All'

MRC President David Bozell urged ABC to end its relationship with Jimmy Kimmel in an interview Thursday on the NewsBusters Podcast. Referring to Kimmel's claims that Charlie Kirk's killer was a Trump fan, he said “In this instance, when he had every available moment to prepare his own remarks and having vetted his remarks through a writing team, a production team, various producers, and he…

Tim Graham
September 18th, 2025 10:00 PM

Meta AI Cites 'Neutral' Wikipedia to Smear Charlie Kirk

Meta AI went after Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk by relying on none other than Wikipedia, exposing the disturbing influence of the online encyclopedia on artificial intelligence.

Tom Olohan
September 18th, 2025 5:39 PM

Networks Mourn Kimmel Suspension, ABC Falsely Claims FCC Canned Him

On Thursday, the “Big Three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC had full stories on their flagship morning news shows mourning the indefinite suspension of ABC late-night partisan tool Jimmy Kimmel, bemoaning an alleged conspiracy between the Trump administration and local TV conglomerates to censor a “Trump critic.”

Curtis Houck
September 18th, 2025 5:33 PM

‘Kind of Amorphous Concept’: CNN Suddenly Doesn't Know What Antifa Is

Several characters on Thursday’s CNN This Morning show would have you believe there wasn’t easy way to define Antifa, a left-wing extremist group President Trump recently promised to designate as a terrorist organization. This contradicted to previous CNN coverage of Antifa, which formally recognized the group and provided no doubt as to who they were and their intentions.

Isaac White
September 18th, 2025 5:23 PM

Kirk's Assassination: The Left’s Big Denial

Despite data showing the willingness of the “very liberal” to support violence to achieve political ends, Democrats like Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) deny that calling political opponents “fascists” or “Nazis” or “Hitler” contributes to the “overall problem.” Ryan said: “I actually don’t think it does. I think people are trying to grapple with a really unprecedented time in our country where we’re…

Larry Elder
September 18th, 2025 4:42 PM

Charlie Kirk: ‘Diversify Thought on Campus’

The college campus is “the least diverse place in America” – a place where it’s dangerous to express different points of view – slain conservative Charlie Kirk once warned in a video he hosted for PragerU.

Craig Bannister
September 18th, 2025 4:17 PM

Vittert: Liberals Are 'Drunks' Whose 'Drug of Choice Is Trump Hatred’

In the wake of ABC suspending late night host Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday evening, NewsNation anchor Leland Vittert kicked off On Balance by calling out the “liberal elites” acting like “drunks” whose “drug of choice is Trump hatred.” He also took a victory lap for the responsible management of Nexstar in blocking Kimmel’s show.

Nicholas Fondacaro
September 18th, 2025 3:54 PM

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…

Kurt Etheridge
September 18th, 2025 2:26 PM

NY Times Desperately Deflects Focus From Leftist Charlie Kirk Ghouls

As the more ghoulish denizens of the left are actually paying personal prices for vile comments they made in the wake of the assassination of  Charlie Kirk, the New York Times is getting defensive on the front page of Tuesday’s New York Times: “White House Threatens Crackdown on ‘Far Left.’” They put "Far Left" in quotes, like they can't imagine it.

Clay Waters
September 18th, 2025 11:50 AM