REACTIONS TO THE SUSPENSION OF LATE-NIGHT HOST JIMMY KIMMEL:
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA
"Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that's possible."
DAVID LETTERMAN, FORMER LATE-NIGHT HOST
"I feel bad about this, because we all see where see this is going, correct? It's managed media. It's no good. It's silly. It's ridiculous."
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON SOCIAL MEDIA
"After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn't like. This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent - and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it."
BRANDAN CARR, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRÂ
"Local broadcasters have an obligation to serve the public interest. While this may be an unprecedented decision, it is important for broadcasters to push back on Disney programming that they determine falls short of community values."
KEN MARTIN, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR
"The state under Donald Trump has amassed a chilling record of restricting speech, extorting private companies, and dropping the full weight of the government censorship hammer on First Amendment rights. This is no exaggeration. Trump's attorney general has directly confirmed that they'll come after you for your speech, and now his FCC chair has doubled down. It's not the bully pulpit anymore - it's the thought police presidency."
MEGYN KELLY, CONSERVATVE PODCASTER, ON SOCIAL MEDIA
"I'm not sure who needs to hear this but Jimmy Kimmel got on the air and falsely stated as a fact that Charlie Kirk's killer was MAGA, smearing an entire movement and Trump in particular with a vile disgusting lie - and at a time when the threat against those on the right is at an all-time high."
MIKE BIRBIGLIA, COMEDIAN, ON SOCIAL MEDIA
"I've spent a lot of time in public & private defending comedians I don't agree with. If you're a comedian & you don't call out the insanity of pulling Kimmel off the air - don't bother spouting off about free speech any more."
MARK R LEVIN, CONSERVATIVE RADIO HOST, ON SOCIAL MEDIA
"Kimmel canned for disgusting Kirk comments. ... Jimmy Kimmel is a pathetic hate monger. He should've been canned a long time ago. Better late than never."
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ADAM SCHIFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA
"This administration is responsible for the most blatant attacks on the free press in American history. What will be left of the First Amendment when he's done?"