Jimmy Kimmel Likes Free Speech for Me, Not for Thee– www.dailysignal.com Source Link Excerpt:
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel got his job back with ABC but forgive me if I don’t care too much about his underwhelming, delayed apology to keep himself on air or his defense of “free speech.”
Kimmel was briefly suspended by ABC, which is owned by Disney, after he made a comment that Charlie Kirk was assassinated by somebody who was “MAGA.”
Some called this comment a “joke,” but it certainly didn’t seem like it. Though, in fairness, I can’t recall the last time Kimmel—an alleged comedian—actually said something funny. That was probably reason enough to pull the late-night comic with a laughably small audience for network television off the air.
On Tuesday, Kimmel returned and sort of apologized in his opening monologue, which was a prerequisite from ABC for him returning to his show. Kimmel never actually apologized for or addressed the comments that got him suspended. He mentioned Kirk’s killing only once, then made it about himself, saying that he “gets a lot of threats.” He also thanked some conservatives for defending him.
I believe Kimmel is genuinely upset by what’s happened, and I want to forgive. But this is circumspect and avoids forthrightly admitting error. Regardless of what he now says was his professed intention, he said something that was very untrue and unfairly cast blame. https://t.co/NgnoiM0mzb
