All of the late night comedians addressed ABC suspending Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday shows, but CBS’s Stephen Colbert’s reaction on The Late Show was especially bad. Not only did Colbert not see any problem in what Kimmel said, but he also teamed up with CNN host Jake Tapper and The New Yorker editor David Remnick to warn about the decay of press freedom in the Trump era.
Colbert wasted no time getting to the news and condemning ABC for their decision, “Welcome one and all to The Late Show. I’m your host, Stephen Colbert, but tonight we are all Jimmy Kimmel. I still have a show, though, right? Okay, good! Yesterday, after threats from Trump's FCC chair, ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely. That is blatant censorship. And it always starts small. You know, remember like in week one of his presidency. Gulf of America. Call it Gulf of America. Sure! Seems harmless. But with an autocrat, you cannot give an inch. And if ABC thinks that this is gonna satisfy the regime, they are woefully naive. And clearly they've never read the children's book If You Give a Mouse a Kimmel.”
Later, Colbert played the clip of Kimmel declaring, ““We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang 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.”
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