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Jimmy Kimmel’s recent monologue about the murder of Charlie Kirk wasn’t a “mistake” — it was an ugly, politicized attempt to smear millions of Americans who love their country and stand for traditional values. ABC briefly pulled his show after affiliates and viewers recoiled at his implication that conservatives were to blame, a rare moment when corporate television actually felt the heat for its partisan theatrics.
What made Kimmel’s comments worse was that they ran headlong into the facts on the ground: court documents and reporting showed the accused killer’s family described him as leaning left, and police statements undercut Kimmel’s broad-brush insinuation about “the MAGA gang.” Turning a tragic murder into partisan theater was not just tasteless — it was a false narrative pushed from the safety of Hollywood’s echo chamber.
Enter Mark Levin, who did what real journalists used to do: call out the lie, name the motive, and explain why this isn’t a First Amendment crisis. Levin rightly pointed out that ABC is a private company with the right to discipline its talent, and that Kimmel’s suspension was about responsibility and truth, not some conspiracy to shut down speech. Conservatives should applaud anyone who refuses to let shameless elites rewrite reality and then scream about “censorship” when consequences follow.
That said, Levin and others are also correct to remind Americans where real threats to free expression have come from in recent years — not from private employers enforcing standards, but from cozy relationships between federal officials and Big Tech. The Biden White House openly admitted to “flagging” posts for platforms during the COVID years, a practice that rightly scared people who value the Constitution and the marketplace of ideas.
Don’t let the left’s outrage about Kimmel distract you from the bigger hypocrisy: when conservative parents were vilified after school board fights and when federal officials convened task forces in response to those disputes, many patriotic Americans saw a dangerous pattern of bringing federal power to bear on political speech. The NSBA episode and the DOJ’s subsequent actions should have been a wake-up call that free speech can be chilled not only by cancel culture but by government overreach as well.
The media elite want to have it both ways — weaponize tragedy to score partisan points, then rage about “silencing” when the marketplace or corporate bosses push back. Conservatives should reject that double standard and demand accountability across the board: defend our right to speak, expose left-wing lies, and never let powerful institutions decide which viewpoints deserve the protection of the public square.
If you love liberty, you’ll side with truth over theater. Mark Levin did what patriots must do: call out a false narrative, keep the focus on where actual First Amendment breaches have occurred, and remind everyday Americans that defending free speech means defending it for everyone — especially when the watchdogs of culture want to look the other way.
