As a genre, think democracy noir.

This Jimmy Kimmel sketch has few laughs in it - the one about the TV host taken off-air after talking politics is the one we've heard before.

Kimmel follows Stephen Colbert out of the stage door and the fate of two TV icons has catapulted the issue of free speech into America's front rooms.

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Jimmy Kimmel's Charlie Kirk monologue

Both are leaving the stage after comments critical of Donald Trump , his administration and its politics.

Sure, they are casualties of business decisions based on self-interest and that's always been the case - making money has always been at the heart of popular entertainment.

But business has changed. Like never bef

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