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Last week’s decision by ABC and its parent, the Walt Disney Company, to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air after his monologue about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk exposed a raw nerve in American media. Conservatives aren’t surprised that a Hollywood darling could say something incendiary and expect no consequence, but what shocked everyday Americans was the speed and coordination of the establishment’s response. Major outlets are now admitting the suspension was prompted by pressure from the Federal Communications Commission and local affiliates who refused to air the program.
What makes this episode alarming is the extent to which government actors and affiliate owners intervened, with FCC Chair Brendan Carr openly criticizing Kimmel and some big station groups like Nexstar and Sinclair preempting the show on their ABC stations. Whether you love or loathe Kimmel, the idea that regulators and corporate broadcasters are coordinating which voices remain on the air is a chilling milestone for free expression. The situation looks less like a media company exercising independent judgment and more like a network folding under regulatory and political pressure.
ABC’s move reeks of cowardice — a major corporation choosing safety over principle, and advertisers following suit rather than defending basic fairness. Newsmax’s coverage rightly pointed out that the outrage from the left over this “firing” rings hollow when those same voices cheered for other hosts to be ousted in previous years. The double standard is obvious: when conservatives are silenced they are branded extremists, yet when Hollywood elites attack conservative figures they expect to be protected, not punished.
The fallout turned dangerous when protests outside a Sacramento ABC affiliate escalated and a suspect later fired shots into the station’s lobby, thankfully without casualties. This violent act came just a day after demonstrations against the suspension, underscoring how the left’s performative outrage can fuel real-world chaos and put local journalists and staff at risk. Local reporting makes clear this was not an isolated PR flap but a combustible mix of politics, media tantrums, and lawlessness.
Patriotic commentators like Dean Cain were right to call out the leftist hypocrisy and to remind Americans that conservative voices are routinely targeted while the media pretends to be the unimpeachable guardian of free speech. Cain’s appearance on Newsmax’s The Count laid the simple truth on the table: the elites demand toleration for themselves but full suppression for their opponents. That blunt honesty is exactly what viewers are starving for — someone willing to name the bias and call for accountability.
The remedy is straightforward for everyday Americans: stop rewarding cowardly corporations. Boycott Disney and ABC until they stop caving to regulators and elites, support local stations that refuse to bend the knee, and demand that the FCC respect the First Amendment rather than weaponize its authority for partisan ends. If conservatives don’t push back now, the next step will be a media landscape curated entirely by those in power — and that outcome would be devastating for liberty.
This moment calls for clear-eyed resolve, not performative indignation. Stand with the truth, stand with the stations that still value honest debate, and refuse to let the media’s ruling class decide which opinions are permissible. America was founded on freedom of speech; if we let networks and regulators rewrite that bargain, we will have surrendered a piece of what makes this country exceptional.
