Trump visits 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' | Reference video screenshot

 

ANALYSIS

 

Corporate giants are bowing to political pressure, and Jimmy Kimmel's show is the latest casualty. US president Donald Trump's administration is tightening its grip, as ABC suspended Kimmel's late-night show. This move follows his comments linking the administration to political manipulations following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

 

Kimmel's removal highlights corporate America's struggle between profit motives and political powers. Some companies, like Unilever, are seeing internal tensions, with Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry's stepping down, accusing the parent firm of limiting their political voice.

 

Meanwhile, Trump's administration is leveraging power over media mergers to silence dissenters, prompting fears of increasing authoritarian influence.

 

The cCultural and political pressure on businesses is mounting. While Companies navigate complicated waters and seek to avoid alienating politically active consumer bases.  Trump has been using governmental power and media leverage, like FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's threats, to influence content decisions.

 

This results in a stifling effect on what can be aired, as seen with ABC's swift action against Kimmel.

 

ABC's compliance is part of a broader picture where businesses are yielding to avoid financial fallout. This aligns with Trump's ongoing battle against media outlets critical of him, exemplified in cases like CBS cancelling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” possibly to avoid adverse political sentiment.

 

These actions pose significant questions about the freedom of media under political pressure.

 

Businesses are now in a precarious position, often choosing to comply with political demands to maintain stability in the face of government influence. Trump's recent maneuvers—from influencing Cracker Barrel's branding decisions to extracting concessions from major corporations like Coca-Cola—show how large businesses cope with political dynamics.

 

This environment sees companies adjusting strategies to suit the political climate, which often places fundamental values like free speech at risk.

 

Going forward, the situation reflects a volatile intersection of corporate interests and political influence, with potential shifts anticipated based on future elections.

 

American corporations may continue to adapt their strategies in response to changing political landscapes, balancing between appeasing administrations and adhering to core democratic principles.

 

Picture courtesy of CNN | Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

 

Key Takeaways

 

• Jimmy Kimmel's show was suspended following pressure from Trump's administration.
• Corporations are being pushed to comply with political agendas, affecting free speech.
• Trump’s influence extends across multiple industries, affecting branding and media decisions.

 

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ABC Pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Over Charlie Kirk Remarks

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from CNN 2025-09-19

 

 

 

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The folks I’ve talked to are steaming mad it’s an obvious intimidation tactic and another attempt to strangle the American experiment….many are dumping Hulu and anything related to the cowardice of Disney for not sticking up for the first amendment.furthermore what Kimmel said about trump is true he’s treating Kirk’s murder as an opportunity and could care less about the man or his family as witnessed by his answer that Kimmel was responding to.

I'd like to see anyone argue that Kimmel isn't 100% politically biased. Cable TV there's no problem with this but when it's a network with an FCC licence rules apply. Jay Leno was an example of a late night comedian that would poke fun at both sides. Kimmel is 100% anti-Trump and it's all he did. 

5 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

I'd like to see anyone argue that Kimmel isn't 100% politically biased. Cable TV there's no problem with this but when it's a network with an FCC licence rules apply. Jay Leno was an example of a late night comedian that would poke fun at both sides. Kimmel is 100% anti-Trump and it's all he did. 

He poked fun at Biden all the time,they all did.

Kimm's a thousand percent somodite on the people, a pure faker. Not funny either.  💯0%

 

They both fakers actually.

This CNN article is misinformation. Kimmel has been losing ABC money for a while now they were just waiting for any reason to ditch him

1 minute ago, Tug said:

He poked fun at Biden all the time,they all did.

Not since Trump's re-election. Every guest has been from the Democrats or left leaning.

3 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Not since Trump's re-election. Every guest has been from the Democrats or left leaning.

We have NEVER had a president bent on strangling our democracy before.nore a worse example of a human being 

12 minutes ago, Tug said:

We have NEVER had a president bent on strangling our democracy before.nore a worse example of a human being 

This is not the point. The point is political bias. One could say the US has never had such a useless Democratic nomination for POTUS as the cackling idiot Harris but did you see Kimmel making jokes at her expense? No. All he did was run down Trump and continued to do so after the election victory. 

32 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

but when it's a network with an FCC licence rules apply.

FCC license rules only apply to individual affiliate broadcast stations -- not the network.

Anyone remember this?:

 

“Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News,” Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gloated in a selfie video, posted after Carlson’s departure from the network in April 2023. “Couldn’t have happened to a better guy.”

 

......But, deplatforming works, and it is important, and there you go, good things can happen.” 

 

The interwebs are forever.

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

I'd like to see anyone argue that Kimmel isn't 100% politically biased. Cable TV there's no problem with this but when it's a network with an FCC licence rules apply. Jay Leno was an example of a late night comedian that would poke fun at both sides. Kimmel is 100% anti-Trump and it's all he did. 

And why is that a problem?

 

 

45 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

This is not the point. The point is political bias. One could say the US has never had such a useless Democratic nomination for POTUS as the cackling idiot Harris but did you see Kimmel making jokes at her expense? No. All he did was run down Trump and continued to do so after the election victory. 

How about the point of a U.S. President using the power of Government to silence his critics.

 

Do you see any problems with that?

27 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

How about the point of a U.S. President using the power of Government to silence his critics.

 

Do you see any problems with that?

Kimmel basically said MAGA and Trump were responsible for Charlie's assassination. Do you see a problem with an outright lie on network TV? Seems ABC and affiliates sure did. The straw that broke the back of a tanking ratings Kimmel's show.

7 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Kimmel basically said MAGA and Trump were responsible for Charlie's assassination.

 

Pure BS.

Go Woke Go Broke.

 

He's free to say whatever he wants. But like Alissa Heinerscheid, if you use your platform to push your personal leftist claptrap to the audience, you may find yourself at the Job Centre.

 

ABC let him go because his ratings sucked. Being leftists, they couldn't accept his leftist bile wasn't funny so they used the opportunity to dishonestly blame Trump.

 

"Never let a crisis go to waste".  

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-licenses-tv-stations-193900499.html

 

Trump Threatens Licenses of TV Stations That Criticize Him

 

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said US broadcast networks should face scrutiny over their licenses if they’re too critical of him, in what amounts to his furthest-reaching threat to media freedoms.

“When you have a network and you have evening shows, and all they do is hit Trump,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday. “I would think maybe their license should be taken away.”

Trump’s remarks represent a startling break with the nation’s long-standing traditions of freedom of speech and of the press enshrined in the US Constitution.

Now America's on the way to Nazification and "Gleichschaltung".

The boots are on the way to different cities, freedom of speech is paper waste.

2 hours ago, dinsdale said:

I'd like to see anyone argue that Kimmel isn't 100% politically biased. Cable TV there's no problem with this but when it's a network with an FCC licence rules apply. Jay Leno was an example of a late night comedian that would poke fun at both sides. Kimmel is 100% anti-Trump and it's all he did. 

In the past presidents with self esteem could handle the criticism and the jokes. Not this fool. His skin is paper thin, and he is the biggest snowflake of them all. Trump is an abomination. America is being diminished by the day. Tragic stuff. 

 

 

1 minute ago, spidermike007 said:

n the past presidents with self esteem could handle the criticism and the jokes. Not this fool. His skin is paper thin, and he is the biggest snowflake of them all. Trump is an abomination. America is being diminished by the day. Tragic stuff. 

Sad fact.  Each and every day with him as president diminishes the USA as a democratic country. Time to put it to a stop. 

 

We can only help these polls continue to show America's disapproval of him. Falling like a rock.  

4 minutes ago, marin said:

Sad fact.  Each and every day with him as president diminishes the USA as a democratic country. Time to put it to a stop. 

 

We can only help these polls continue to show America's disapproval of him. Falling like a rock.  

Anyone can post a graph. See how easy it is?

Got you worried does it AG?  Now start thinking of how easy it is going to be for Newson to take apart the snowflake we have as president.  Going to be worth watching. 

2 hours ago, angryguy said:

This CNN article is misinformation. Kimmel has been losing ABC money for a while now they were just waiting for any reason to ditch him

It would need someone pretty dim or with learning difficulties to think the ABC move is anything but censorship by the FCC run by Trump.

24 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

In the past presidents with self esteem could handle the criticism and the jokes. Not this fool. His skin is paper thin, and he is the biggest snowflake of them all.

 

2 hours ago, dinsdale said:

I'd like to see anyone argue that Kimmel isn't 100% politically biased. Cable TV there's no problem with this but when it's a network with an FCC licence rules apply. Jay Leno was an example of a late night comedian that would poke fun at both sides. Kimmel is 100% anti-Trump and it's all he did. 

As usual, you're wrong. Kimmel poked fun at whoever was in the White House at the time.

https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-kimmel-live-lamorne-morris-joe-biden-drops-out-race-1928812

Putin taught Trump well.

Garry Kasparov: “Time again to remind that an early sign of Putin's autocratic ambitions was the cancellation of a puppet show that regularly parodied him.”

10 minutes ago, marin said:

Got you worried does it AG?  Now start thinking of how easy it is going to be for Newson to take apart the snowflake we have as president.  Going to be worth watching. 

I noticed you returned as you thought democrats actually stood a chance with newsome. Very cute

3 hours ago, dinsdale said:

I'd like to see anyone argue that Kimmel isn't 100% politically biased. Cable TV there's no problem with this but when it's a network with an FCC licence rules apply. Jay Leno was an example of a late night comedian that would poke fun at both sides. Kimmel is 100% anti-Trump and it's all he did. 

I do not believe Jay Leno ever condoned or poked fun at someone who was murdered in front of hundreds of students by a sniper for expressing their freedom of speech though.. 

1 hour ago, jerrymahoney said:

 

And how ironic coming from the most hateful man to ever occupy the Oval Office by tenfold.