Trump pressure on the media mounting

President Donald Trump’s pressure on media companies is increasing.

Wednesday Walt Disney Co. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” After making comments that connects the alleged murderer to the host activist Charlie Kirk’s alleged murderer Trump’s “Make America again wonderful” movement, the ABC network “indefinitely” in the air.

In July, the movement makes comparisons with the cancellation of the CBS “late show with Stephen Colbert” and asks questions about the protection of free speech in the Trump era broadcasting environment.

Kimmel, during a monologue published on Monday night, “Maga gang, Charlie Kirk as something other than someone, and to desperate this child who did everything they can to get political points, we hit the new bastards.” He said.

“The White House was mourning between the finger signs. The White House flies the flags in half personnel with some criticism, but you can see how hard the president took it at the human level.”

He asked Trump how he stopped after Kirk’s death before he returned to indicate that the construction started in the new ball of $ 200 million.

Kimmel, “In the fourth stage of grief: Construction,” he joked Kimmel. “Demolition. Construction. How does not mourn the murder of someone he calls an adult, friend. This is a 4 -year -old child fish ban. OK? And not just once.”

Kimmel was not fired, but Disney Heads wanted to talk to the landlord about what he should say when he returned to the air, according to people familiar with the situation.

“They had to fire him a long time ago. … He was fired because of lack of ability.”

Kimmel, ABC and Disney, Trump’s high -profile slander cases, the deterioration of public broadcasters and regulatory interventions are the last goal of the investigation of media companies that concentrated in the second period. Federal Communication Commission.

“A uncomfortable individual should never be used as a justification for a wider censorship and control,” an uncomfortable individual’s unforgivable political violence, wider censorship and control. “This administration is increasingly using the weight of the government’s power to suppress the legal statement.”

Obviously Obviously about Gomez, FCC and Trump’s interactions with media companies. At the end of July, when the state institution approved the merger Very big And Skydence wrote an opposition statement, saying that Paramount was uncomfortable with Trump’s last payment to put forward a case against Paramount’s CBS.

At that time, “Paramount payment and reckless approval encouraged the government to abuse the power of extracting financial and ideological privileges, demanding preferred treatment, and guaranteeing the scope of positive media.”

It is not the first example of Trump’s media reunions. Tried to block AT & T Unless he sells CNN, the merger of 85 billion dollars with Time Warner in 2017. Ultimately, the agreement was passed in mid -2018.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” FCC President Brendan Carr, who claimed that ABC’s broadcasting license is at risk due to explanations, came among the statements of Brendan Carr.

In a Podcast interview on Wednesday, before the ABC’s statement, Carr said FCC will have drugs that we can look at about Kimmel’s comments. “

“Obviously, when you see such things, so we can do it in an easy or difficult way.” He said. “These companies may find ways to change behaviors and obviously take action in Kimmel, or there will be additional work for the next FCC.”

In August, Trump said that on the real social platform, ABC and NBC should lose their broadcast licenses because it called the Republicans and/or conservatives as unfair scope “.

Trump, “Crooked ‘journalism’ should not be awarded, should be terminated.” He said.

In particular, Disney needs to obtain regulatory approval for an agreement that will see that NFL has acquired 10% of ESPN in exchange for NFL media assets.

Carr, CNBC’nin “Squawk on the street” on Thursday, as Kimmel’s American people of the American people in the days of the suspension of the show that killed the facts about the fact that “he said.

“The problem that arose here was not a joke that many people were upset.” He said.

“He wasn’t having fun, Car Carr said. “He seemed to mislead the American people directly about an important reality Probably one of the most important political events we have seen for a long time is the most important political assassination we have seen for a long time. “

Sushing of the show, Nexstar Media Group Stations affiliated to ABC He would prevent Kimmel’s show from Wednesday to “for predictable future”.

Nexstar is looking for FCC approval for planning 6.2 billion dollars merger With Tegna. Approximately 10% of approximately 225 ABC affiliated organization stations belong to Nexstar. Tegna has about 5% of ABC’s partnership stations.

Sinclair– It has approximately 40 ABC affiliated organization stationsAlso, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” This would not remove this suspension until ABC had an official discussion about “Professional and Accountable Commitment” and called Kimmel to publish a direct apology to Kirk’s family.

Sinclair, although he has not yet reached an agreement in August, he said he was investigating the options for merger for broadcasting stations.

In addition to conflicts with FCC, media companies have been the target of insulting cases in recent years. Paramount’s payment of $ 16 million to solve Trump’s case was the last case.

A case against ABC News, Network here in December 2024 Trump agreed to pay 15 million dollars to Trump’s presidential library after he claimed that Trump made an incorrect allegation that the then President E. Jean Carroll was responsible for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. Trump was found responsible for sexual assault and smear to Carroll. Trump claims that Carroll attacked him.