Underneath the Space Needle, between the hulking green-windowed buildings of KOMO Plaza on Thursday, Katie Wilson called on Sinclair Broadcast Group, the parent company of KOMO, to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Wilson said if the company continued to kowtow to coercive federal censorship, she would not participate in an upcoming debate with her opponent Mayor Bruce Harrell. The situation—a symptom of the corporate consolidation of media—also prompted Wilson to broadcast her new campaign proposal for public funding for local media.
This week, conservative Sinclair showed its whole ass when it refused to air a freshly reinstated Jimmy Kimmel late night show. Executives at Disney and ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off air last week after the host’s lukewarm commentary on Charlie Kirk’s assass