“ABC’s credibility and Disney’s reputation depend on unwavering leadership in its defense,” the signees wrote to Disney CEO Bob Iger, pictured above. Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney

A group of 100-plus former ABC News journalists has sent a letter to Disney CEO Bob Iger urging him to make “a concerted effort to defend free speech and press freedom against political intimidation.”

The letter, obtained by CNN on Wednesday, soon after it was delivered to Iger, was first drafted when ABC suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” last week.

Given that Disney brought Kimmel’s show back on Tuesday night, the letter begins by commending Iger’s decision, calling it “the right call and an important statement that political intimidation should not dictate ABC’s programming.”

“Yet, it must be just

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