Disney does FCC chair's bidding, suspends Kimmel show over Charlie Kirk comment.

Jimmy Kimmel's comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination came under harsh criticism from the head of the Federal Communications Commission.

Jimmy Kimmel said supporters of President Trump were \

Kimmel's cancellation is the latest in a spate of firings related to comments made about Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Removal of late-night show criticised as part of Trump administration’s attack on critical voices in media, academia and business

ABC's chilling decision to pull \

“We’re reinvigorating the FCC’s enforcement of the public interest,” Brendan Carr said on CNBC, “and I think that’s a good thing.”

Many believe Kimmel's suspension, done in response to comments made about Charlie Kirk's assassination, is a violation of free speech.

"He has disgraced the office he holds by bullying ABC," they wrote.

President Donald Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Thursday denied that the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show was the result of government censorship.

Disney does FCC chair's bidding, suspends Kimmel show over Charlie Kirk comment.

When a regime can use the power of the law to punish speech because it does not like that speech’s content, then speech is not free

ABC decision over Kimmel comments comes hours after Trump-appointed chair of US media regulator threatened broadcaster’s affiliate stations’ licenses

He refused to apologize. Guaranteed First Amendment legal rights are different from a private enterprise exercising editorial judgment.

But it is unclear to what extent media companies might push back - at the potential expense of their bottom line.

Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and David Letterman criticize ABC’s parent company, Disney, and FCC chief, Brendan Carr

Carr is a longtime FCC commissioner named as chairman by President Trump in November. Since, he has launched investigations of ABC, CBS and NBC News.

Disney-owned ABC pulled Kimmel’s late-night show off the air after he made comments about MAGA and Tyler Robinson.

The late night show legend also railed against the “sucking up.”

Late night host and Disney reps could not agree on language that would not exacerbate the situation further

Disney and ABC have faced criticism for bowing to pressure from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr in benching Jimmy Kimmel.