David Letterman calls Jimmy Kimmel suspension ‘ridiculous’

Late late at night, the legendary David Letterman suspended ABC’s “ridiculous” show on Thursday, “You can’t walk around to expel someone because you’re scared or you’re trying to suck an authoritarian penalty in the oval office.”

“I feel bad about it because we all see where this is going, is it true?” Letterman told Atlantic Editor -in -Chief Jeffrey Goldberg Atlantic Festival In New York.

Letterman, who has organized shows for more than thirty years in the CBS and NBC, said, “Managed media.”

“And that’s not good. Stupid. It’s ridiculous,” he said.

ABC with a subsidiary DisneyWednesday night “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Kimmel Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shows the alleged murderer to the President Donald Trump’s maga movement. Kimmel was not fired.

On Thursday, Letterman compared the move of ABC to the decision of the CBS in July. “Late show with Stephen Colbert,“Valid in next May.

CBS, a week after canceling the Colbert show that makes fun of Trump Federal Communication Commission He approved a merger of $ 8 billion between the owner of the network, Very bigand Skydance Media.

“They looked at Colbert,” Letterman said Thursday.

“This coarse, it could not be forgiven, the man deserves a big loan, nine times in the Honor Hall and manipulated so, because the Ellison family [which owned Skydance] Donald did not want to disturb Trump with this movement, so they got rid of him, “Letterman said.

“Not only did he get rid of him, he got rid of the whole franchise.”

Letterman said he had been in contact with Kimmel since he was announced to be suspended.

“It was good enough to send me a message this morning,” Letterman said. “And he’s sitting in bed with feeding. He’il be fine.”

Another late night, the host Jon Stewart planned to host a part of the Daily Show on Thursday.

As a rule, Stewart is home to the Comedy Central Show only on Mondays. Ready to interview Maria paintingAssociated Press is the author of the Nobel Peace Prize and the author of the book “How to stand up to a dictator”.

On Wednesday night, Trump set out for the suspension of Kimmel and talked about Colbert.

“We congratulate ABC for the courage to finally have the courage to do what needs to be done.” “Kimmel has zero ability and worse ratings than Colbert if possible.”

Trump told journalists that FCC could cancel the licenses of broadcasting television networks against him.

“What we witnessed is the clear abuse of power,” the former vice president of Trump, who lost the 2024 presidential election in a tweet on Thursday. He said.

“This management attacks critics and uses fear as a weapon to silence everyone to talk. Media companies – from television networks to newspapers – surrender to these threats.” “We do not dare to be silent or complain in the face of this preliminary attack on free speech.”

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