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Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said this week that conservative news outlets intentionally mischaracterized his reaction to conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death.
Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw interviewed multiple public figures at the annual Bloomberg Screentime event on Wednesday. After Kimmel's brief suspension after he appeared to falsely suggest Kirk's suspected shooter was a MAGA supporter, some critics have questioned the state of free speech in America.
Shaw asked him about the course of events and when Kimmel realized this particular incident may have become a serious problem .
"I didn't think there was a big problem," Kimmel said of his initial reaction. "I just saw it as distortion on the part of some of the righ