In the aftermath of far-right nationalist podcaster Charlie Kirk being shot and killed at a campus event at Utah Valley University on September 10th, it's not an exaggeration to say the reactions to it from the media and government alike have been outsized. Now, the decision by Disney to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely in response to that pressure has created its own building backlash.

Media companies, in particular, have bent over backward to cull anything other than state-approved sympathy among their ranks in the wake of the Kirk shooting. As such, Jimmy Kimmel was abruptly pulled off the air indefinitely earlier this week following a monologue joke that prompted threats from Donald Trump-appointed FCC chair Brendan Carr on Wednesday.

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