U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, a top Democrat on the Senate committee overseeing the Federal Communications Commission, called for Sinclair Broadcast Group to reinstate “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on more than two dozen ABC affiliates, including KOMO in Seattle.

Meanwhile, a social media campaign has called on advertisers to cut ties with the Seattle TV station.

Cantwell, D-Wash., wrote to Sinclair’s CEO, Christopher Ripley, expressing her disappointment in the company’s decision to preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

The First Amendment ensures the freedom of expression and a free press, and our nation’s media landscape needs to embody those ideals,” Cantwell wrote. “As a trusted voice in the community, local broadcasting is a critical part of that landscape.”

Cantwell sits on the Senate Committee on Co

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