Top stars call Jimmy Kimmel suspension ‘dark moment’ for free speech
Hundreds of celebrities have signed a letter supporting the television host at the end of the evening Jimmy Kimmel after ABC suspended his program on the remarks he made on the assassination of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Jennifer Aniston, Meryl Streep and Robert Deniro are among those who call Kimmel’s suspension a “dark moment for freedom of expression in our nation”.
ABC withdrawn the show indefinitely last week after the president of the American broadcast regulator threatened the action for the comedian’s remarks.
The repercussions caused a debate on freedom of expression, the criticisms denounced this decision as censorship and seasoning ABC and his parent company Disney for having seemed to put pressure on the Trump administration.
Kimmel presented a monologue last week in which he expressed condolences to the Kirk family but criticized President Donald Trump and the Republicans for their reaction to Assasin.
“We have struck new stockings during the weekend with the gang Maga trying desperately to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as something other than one of them and do everything they can to score political points,” he said.
Brendan Carr, president of the Federal Commission Commission (FCC), said that Kimmel was in misleading the American public with his comments.
The motivation and policy of the man responsible for killing Kirk, Tyler Robinson, 22, remains vague, although his mother told the police that he had become more left in the past year, according to an indictment. Utah governor Spencer Cox also said Robinson had a “left -wing ideology”.
After the suspension of Kimmel, American president Donald Trump, who appointed Carr at the start of his second term, congratulated her.
Trump later said that the broadcast television networks do not treat him fairly and could have their “removed” licenses.
“The efforts of the leaders to put pressure on artists, journalists and companies in retaliation for their word strike at the heart of what it means to live in a free country,” said the letter of celebrities. “It’s time to defend freedom of expression across our country.”
The actors Alan Cumming and Florence Pugh also signed the letter directed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
They say that many others face “direct attacks on their freedom of expression”, including teachers, government employees, researchers and students, and add their voice to defend freedom of expression.
Kimmel’s end-of-the-way colleagues were unleashed in his suspension last week in the middle of Trump’s growing threats to broadcast the networks.
CBS announced in July that it cancels the late emission organized by Stephen Colbert, which it called “a financial decision purely”, although some have linked this decision to an imminent merger involving CBS’s mother company which requires American regulatory approval.
Kimmel, who is among the best personalities of talk shows in the United States, put the Oscars four times and welcomed Jimmy Kimmel Live! Since 2003.
ABC launched the catch after Nexstar Media, one of the largest television channel owners in the United States, said its stations would not broadcast the series “in the foreseeable future”.
