Shortly after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened ABC and Jimmy Kimmel, the network pulled Kimmel's show from the air indefinitely .
It is the latest , and probably worst, example of media companies acquiescing to threats from Donald Trump and his administration ― and the second time ABC has. CBS also knuckled under to Trump's pressure. Now he's suing the New York Times . His threats against any media company that dares to report on anything that puts him in a bad light are an ominous sign for free speech in the U.S.
The move, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, came on the heels of one of the largest ABC affiliate groups in the country announcing that it was suspending Kimmel's show.
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