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This article was originally published<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0by The Epoch Times: Jon Stewart, Colbert, Other Late-Night TV Hosts Address Kimmel\u2019s Suspension<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers hosted their respective late-night exhibits and commented on Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s ouster.<\/p>\n A number of late-night TV present hosts on Thursday addressed ABC\u2019s determination to droop fellow host Jimmy Kimmel after he made feedback concerning the late conservative influencer Charlie Kirk earlier within the week.<\/p>\n Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers hosted their respective late-night exhibits on Sept. 18, with most expressing solidarity with Kimmel. Earlier this week, Kimmel made a press release on Monday\u2019s monologue, saying that \u201cthe MAGA gang [were] desperately making an attempt to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something apart from one in all them and doing all the pieces they will to attain political factors from it.\u201d<\/p>\n Prosecutors and officers say the suspect held left-wing views.<\/p>\n CBS\u2019s Stephen Colbert began his present by stating that \u201cwe’re all Jimmy Kimmel,\u201d and mentioned that he believed Kimmel\u2019s removing was a \u201cblatant assault on freedom of speech.\u201d<\/p>\n Colbert had his personal present canceled earlier this 12 months by CBS executives, with the community saying that it was for monetary causes. It would finish in Could 2026.<\/p>\n Meyers, the host of NBC\u2019s \u201cLate Evening,\u201d began his present by saying the Trump administration is \u201cpursuing a crackdown on free speech.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s a privilege and honor to name Jimmy Kimmel my good friend, in the identical means it\u2019s a privilege and honor to do that present each night time,\u201d he additionally mentioned.<\/p>\n Kimmel\u2019s suspension was carried out by ABC, which is owned by Disney, after broadcasting networks Sinclair and Nexstar mentioned they wouldn\u2019t carry the late-night present on their stations following his feedback about Kirk and the suspected murderer.<\/p>\n The Federal Communications Fee (FCC) has not taken any motion in opposition to ABC in response to Kimmel\u2019s feedback, in keeping with an Epoch Instances evaluate. Its chairman, Brendan Carr, mentioned this week that ABC ought to take motion in opposition to Kimmel, whereas he famous that ABC, NBC, and CBS are over-the-air broadcasters that use public airwaves and are topic to particular guidelines that require them to serve the \u201cpublic curiosity.\u201d<\/p>\n Carr, who has mentioned that cable information networks reminiscent of Fox Information and CNN usually are not topic to the identical guidelines, mentioned in an interview with CNBC on Thursday that Kimmel gave the impression to be deceptive the general public along with his feedback on Monday.<\/p>\n Other than Colbert and Meyers, NBC\u2019s Jimmy Fallon mentioned that Kimmel is \u201ca good, humorous, and loving man,\u201d whereas each he and Jon Stewart of \u201cThe Day by day Present\u201d used sarcasm to criticize the Trump administration on their respective exhibits.<\/p>\n \u201cNow some naysayers might argue that this administration\u2019s speech considerations are merely a cynical ploy, a skinny gruel of a ruse, a smoke display screen to obscure an unprecedented consolidation of energy and unitary intimidation, principleless, and coldly antithetical \u2026 to any experiment in a constitutional republic governance,\u201d Stewart mentioned. \u201cSome individuals would say that.\u201d<\/p>\n President Donald Trump informed reporters within the UK that he believed Kimmel was sacked by ABC because of \u201cvery unhealthy rankings\u201d together along with his remarks about Kirk. \u201cHe was fired for an absence of expertise,\u201d Trump mentioned.<\/p>\n Whereas hailing Kimmel\u2019s suspension, Trump additionally pointed to Colbert\u2019s rankings in a put up on Fact Social on Wednesday, whereas calling for the ousters of Fallon and Meyers.<\/p>\n