ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show on Wednesday marks the latest hit to the mainstream media that President Donald Trump is touting as a win.
Trump has long decried legacy media, which he perceives as a cesspool of biased outlets entrenched in corruption that are seeking to manipulate narratives against his Make America Great Again movement.
Kimmel, who was put on indefinite leave on Wednesday after the late-night host made controversial remarks on conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, was one of the many legacy media figures Trump has attacked. Kimmel’s fall from grace comes shortly after comedian Stephen Colbert’s CBS show, which was similarly attacked by Trump, was recently axed for “financial” reasons, leading the president to issue a celebratory statement hailing “great news
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