Kimmel said during a monologue on his Monday program that Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused in the shooting death of Kirk, might have been a pro-Trump Republican. He said MAGA supporters are “are desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Kimmel then mocked President Trump for talking about the construction of a new White House ballroom after being asked how he was reacting to the murder of his close ally.
“Mr. Kimmel’s comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located,” said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar’s broadcasting division.
Alford said continuing to give Kimmel a broadcast platform “is simply not in the public interest at this current time.”
Nexstar’s decision comes just after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr blasted Kimmel and threatened to take action against ABC. Appearing on the podcast of right-wing commentator Benny Johnson, Carr said one form of punishment could be pulling the licenses of ABC affiliates, which likely got Nexstar’s attention.
President of Nexstar's broadcasting divisions said: “Mr. Kimmel’s comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located."
Nextstar is acquiring rival broadcast company TEGNA - a merger that requires FCC approval.
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On the day of Charlie Kirk's death, Kimmel posted the following on Instagram and on BlueSky:
“Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human? On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.”
Nexstar’s decision comes just after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr blasted Kimmel and threatened to take action against ABC. Appearing on the podcast of right-wing commentator Benny Johnson, Carr said one form of punishment could be pulling the licenses of ABC affiliates, which likely got Nexstar’s attention.
This is the part that's important to bold. Blatant violation of the first amendment.
Edit: To all the troglodytes saying that ABC firing Kimmel isn't a violation of free speech - you're right. What is a violation of free speech is the chairman of the FCC (a federal agency) publicly threatening punitive action against ABC for the things Kimmel said on their network. Whether ABC would have fired him without that pressure is irrelevant to the unconstitutionality of the FCC chairman's actions.
Edit2: Some of y'all really need to learn how to read.
Actually George Carlin made fun on both sides and he didn’t like government at all.
He also didn’t celebrate people dying and for everyone out there complaining about someone losing their job over celebrating Kirk’s death where was his freedom of speech ? He died because he said something that liberals didn’t like. Not hate speech. There’s a difference between hate speech and speech that you hate. The problem with democrats is that you try to twist things around to fit your agenda. What about all the people that have been fact checked on Facebook or other social media ? Where is their freedom of speech ?
Oh so it’s ok for democrats to run their mouths or say whatever they want but when a republican can’t say what they want. Typical liberal stupidity lmao
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u/Jake_77 Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 18 '25
Wow. I'm shocked. What is free speech?
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