The jewel in Rupert Murdoch’s crown, The Wall Street Journal, has renewed criticisms of the Trump administration, this time slamming the indefinite suspension of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show.
In a Thursday editorial, the Journal’s editorial board wrote, “The political cycle of using government to punish opponents is taking the country into dark corners that will result in less freedom, and less free speech, for all sides.”
The Wall Street Journal, typically a newspaper that leans conservative thanks to Murdoch’s stewardship, has spent much of Trump’s second term publishing editorials critical of the president.
ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air after Trump-appointed Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke its broadcasting license in r