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Eric Trump, appearing on Newsmax’s American Agenda, pushed back hard against the left’s predictable outrage over ABC’s move to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air. He echoed what millions of Americans already know — the late-night elites have been tacked on to dwindling audiences and their rancid monologues finally caught up with their sponsors. Conservatives watching the spectacle saw vindication, not censorship, and Eric put the point plainly: networks answer to viewers and to the marketplace, not to sanctimonious Hollywood outrage.
The headlines show why the debate blew up: Kimmel’s monologue about the killing of Charlie Kirk sparked swift fallout, with multiple ABC affiliates opting to preempt the show and the network announcing an indefinite suspension. FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s public condemnation added fuel to the fire and raised questions about regulatory pressure, but the immediate trigger was the uproar from viewers and station owners across the country. What happened here was a messy collision of politics, programming, and business — and the networks chose to protect their brands.
Critics on the left screeched “censorship,” but President Trump and his family weren’t shy about the simpler explanation: bad ratings and a long record of partisan, tasteless jabs. The numbers have not been flattering for late-night leftist agitprop for years, and conservatives rightly pointed out that audiences vote with their remotes. If you spend a decade preaching for a shrinking niche, don’t be shocked when advertisers and affiliates walk away — accountability looks a lot less sinister when it’s fiscal reality and market demand doing the talking.
Hollywood’s besties in the press immediately rushed to defend Kimmel, invoking free speech while glossing over the host’s own rhetoric and the context of his remarks. The parade of sympathetic takes from late-night neighbors, actors, and former presidents doesn’t change that private networks and station owners are free to decide what carries their name and airtime. Conservatives see a double standard when the left screams about “free speech” only after market consequences hit one of their own, and that hypocrisy deserves to be called out loud and clear.
Make no mistake: local affiliates and corporate managers have every right to pull programming that damages their products; this wasn’t a government edict but a business decision made under political heat. Yes, regulators chimed in, and that deserves scrutiny — but the chains of responsibility run through executives and owners who answer to shareholders and customers. If the left wants to pretend this is solely about repression, they’re ignoring the simple truth: networks act when shows cost them money and reputation.
This episode should serve as a reminder to hardworking Americans that culture wars have consequences and that power still rests with audiences who refuse to fund sloppy, partisan theater. Conservatives shouldn’t apologize for demanding accountability from institutions that for too long have promoted politics over performance. Keep pressing, keep watching where your attention goes, and let the market — not sanctimonious elites — decide who stays on the air.
