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Re: Kimmel Gets Canned for the Moment

“Kimmel now claims his lie was just a joke. Not sure what was worse, the lie or the joke.” —California

“Great takedown, Mr. Alexander. But who is Jimmy Kimmel?” —New York

“At one time, late-night hosts were clever and entertaining. I used to watch SNL, but its content is now rotten. Network television in general is garbage.” —Illinois

“Nexstar made a business decision. Kimmel’s lie was inexcusable, but his ratings had fallen off dramatically in the last year. Pretty simple, really. And now … he is back? So much for good business decisions.” —Pennsylvania

“‘Continuing to give Mr. Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest.’ That’s a very telling way of phrasing the announcement, coming shortly after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr reminded broadcasters that their licenses REQUIRE them to serve the public interest of their communities. Now that ABC has lifted the suspension, I wonder if Nexstar will do so.” —Georgia

Re: Who ‘Censored’ Jimmy Kimmel?

“Each of the stations has a broadcast license, and it is reasonable for each to make judgments as to whether the content they broadcast will jeopardize their license. The FCC chairman is absolutely wrong to make any statement that can be viewed as a threat, but I don’t think it was any government pressure that caused Nexstar/Sinclair to act.” —North Carolina

“The media (CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, etc.) have been actively censoring conservatives by denying airtime or via biased reporting. It is they who are guilty of censorship, not the government.” —California

“I think this is partly an excuse to get rid of a non-funny ‘comedian.’ He would make a better host on ‘The View’! Stephen Colbert could join them, too.” —Texas

Re: Leftists Want Your Hunting Rifles, Too

“These irrational leftist anti-gun rants always leave out the perpetrators of gun crime. They blame guns and gun ownership instead of gun-toting psychos. Nowadays, with leftist psychotherapists mainstreaming psychos, and with our revolving door justice system, it’s no wonder why we’re getting killed.” —North Carolina

“Mr. Bastiat’s opening statement describes the concept of combining pressure from powerful institutional forces (‘from above’) with pressure from grassroots popular movements (‘from below’) to achieve a political or social objective. It is a strategy communists have used for over a century to destabilize and topple governments around the world. America is being deliberately destabilized. If we don’t wise up and remove communists from all positions of power and influence, America will soon topple.” —Kentucky

“Some people will sabotage their own safety up until someone with evil intent holds a weapon to them. Then they will still blame the weapon instead of the evil person. There is no reasoning with unreasonable people. They don’t know history, so they don’t think anything will ever happen to them. Until it does!” —Illinois

Re: ObamaCare and the Government Shutdown Fight

“It seems those fools are more interested in getting reelected than doing the job they were hired to do. They thought that not reading the Affordable Care Act was an act of trust, but it turned out to be ignorance. Many of them are attorneys and would not ordinarily sign anything without reading it — yet in politics, they blindly follow along. Why are they still working there?” —Washington

“If you’re old enough, you remember when the government ‘got out of’ the airline business. Routes, prices, availability, etc. improved for the consumer. Flying was no longer the realm of the well-to-do and the businessman, where a coat and tie was expected. Although fashion took a big hit, the Clampetts could afford to travel by air. It’s time for the government to ‘get out of’ the health insurance business.” —New Hampshire

Re: Freedom of Speech Is Not Job Protection

“The ACLU — a communist front organization — was specifically created to undermine the Bill of Rights through legal challenges based on deliberate misinterpretation and mischaracterization of the language describing the Rights. Communists use free speech to sow division among Americans as to what the Rights actually mean. Communists can be likened to a crowd of kids in a school yard surrounding two boys, egging them into a fight. Who wins doesn’t matter — they just want chaos.” —Kentucky

“What I find amusing is that if I was employed by any of these newspapers or news outlets and I suddenly espoused positive views of right ideology or praised Trump, I would be fired so fast it’d make my head spin. They have stunted the memory of their customers to the point that it borders on the pathetic.” —Nebraska