In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Jimmy Kimmel delivered a monologue , still available on YouTube, in which he insinuated that the accused assassin was part of the "far-right."
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” Kimmel said during his monologue. He added that the "MAGA gang" was trying to "score political points" following the shooting.
On Wednesday night, Sinclair and Nexstar Media Group, two of the largest ABC affiliate networks, said that Kimmel's show would be pre-emptively taken off air, effective immediately.
'This incident highlights the critical need for the FCC to take immediate regulatory action to address control held over local broadcasters by the