‘Censoring you in real time’: suspension of Jimmy Kimmel show sparks shock and fears for free speech
by Jonathan Yerushalmy and Edward Helmore from World news | The Guardian on (#7043B)
ABC decision over Kimmel comments comes hours after Trump-appointed chair of US media regulator threatened broadcaster's affiliate stations' licenses
Politicians, media figures and free speech organisations continued to express anger and alarm at the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late night show, warning that critics of Donald Trump were being systematically silenced.
ABC announced it was suspending Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely after comments Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk's killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say it would not air the show.
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