‘The Five’: Even in death, Charlie’s winning debates

>> JIMMY KIMMEL WAS FIRED BECAUSE HE HAD BAD RATINGS MORE THAN ANYTHING THING ELSE AND HE SAID A HORRIBLE THING ABOUT A GREAT GENTLEMAN KNOWN AS CHARLIE KIRK AND JIMMY KIMMEL IS NOT A TALENTED PERSON. HE HAD VERY BAD RATINGS AND THEY SHOULD HAVE FIRED HIM A LONG TIME AGO, SO YOU CAN CALL THAT FREE SPEECH OR NOT, HE WAS FIRED FOR LACK OF TALENT. >> Emily: PRESIDENT TRUMP LAYING INTO JIMMY KIMMEL AFTER ABC SUSPENDED HIS SHOW INDEFINITELY. KIMMEL FALSELY TRIED TO CLAIM THAT CHARLIE KIRK’S KILLER WAS MAGA, DESPITE A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE POINTING TO HIS LEFT-WING IDEOLOGY. HERE ARE THOSE COMMENTS. >> WE HIT SOME NEW LOWS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE MAGA GANG DESPERATELY TRYING TO CHARACTERIZE THIS KID WHO MURDERED CHARLIE KIRK AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN ONE OF THEM. DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS FROM IT. >> Emily: DEMOCRATS AND THE MEDIA IMMEDIATELY MELTING DOWN OVER THE SUSPENSION, BREATHLESSLY CLAIMING THAT FREE SPEECH WAS UNDER ATTACK. >> THIS IS JUST THE LATEST CHAPTER IN DONALD TRUMP’S ONGOING CAMPAIGN TO CRACK DOWN ON FREE-SPEECH. >> WE SAW THE GOVERNMENT STEP UP AND GIVE A HARD SHOVE, AND THEN WE SAW A COMPLIANT COMPANY TURNAROUND AND SUSPEND MR. KIMMEL. >> THIS IS SO SERIOUS, ERIN. AMERICA IS A LESS FREE PLACE IF AMERICAN LATE-NIGHT COMEDIANS CANNOT DO OR SAY WHAT THEY WANT. >> WHEN I SEE YOU WEARING A HAT, WHAT DOES THAT HAD SAY? >> YOUR DAMN RIGHT I AM, JOHN. I WAS A GUEST ON “THE JIMMY KIMMEL SHOW.” >> THIS MOMENT, OUR DEMOCRACY IS ON THE LINE. >> Emily: BUT THEY FAILED TO TELL YOU THE WHOLE STORY AND HOW KIMMEL’S SUSPENSION WAS DECIDED BY THE MARKET. MOVE BY ABC CAME AFTER NEXT NEXSTAR AND SINCLAIR, TWO MAJOR PLAYERS WHO OWN A TON OF ABC AFFILIATE’S ACROSS AMERICA, PREEMPTED HIS LATE-NIGHT SHOW. WITH NEXSTAR SAYING THE COMMENTS DON’T REFLECT THE “SPECTRUM OF OPINIONS, VIEWS, OR VALUES OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE ARE LOCATED.” KIMMEL REPORTEDLY WASN’T GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR LYING ABOUT THE SUSPECT. INSTEAD HE PLANNED TO CLAIM THAT HE WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. OH, THE OLD OUT OF CONTEXT DEFENSE, GREG. LISTEN, IS THIS INDEED IMPINGING ON FREE-SPEECH, OR IS THIS JUST ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHAT SOMEONE SAYS? >> Greg: IT COULD BE A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING, BUT IT’S GREAT. EVEN IN DEATH, CHARLIE KEEPS WINNING DEBATES. YOU KNOW, THE MEDIA — THIS IS WHAT’S DISGUSTING. JUST LOOK AT THE REACTION. THE MEDIA IS TRYING TO MAKE JIMMY KIMMEL INTO THEIR CHARLIE KIRK. BUT AS IF LIKE GETTING FIRED IS THE SAME AS GETTING FIRED UPON. THAT’S WHAT DISGUSTS ME, IS HOW — THEY ARE IN — THIS IS A BLATANT EFFORT TO GET THE STINK OFF THEM. THE DECADES OF BRAINWASH THAT CREATED JUSTIFICATION FOR VIOLENCE AND FOR MURDER. SORRY, GUYS, HE’S NOT A VICTIM. THE VICTIM’S CHARLIE KIRK. THE VICTIMS ARE HIS FAMILY. I DON’T SHED ANY TEARS FOR ELECTED MILLIONAIRES WHO CAN STILL GO HOME AND SEE HIS KIDS. LOOK AT THIS THROUGH THAT PRISM. BASIN BATEMAN PREDICTS A RECKONING OVER KIMMEL’S SUSPENSION. SORRY, DUDE. THE RECKONING BEGAN WITHOUT YOU. YOUR SIDE GOT THOUSANDS OF CONSERVATIVES THROWN OFF SOCIAL MEDIA. CNN TRIED TO GET FOX OFF THE AIR, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? STELTER, THAT — DON’T SAY THAT. STELTER TRIED TO GET US OFF THE AIR AND WE ARE ON A PRIVATE AIRWAY. WE ARE NOT PUBLICLY ABC IS. WHILE THEY WERE DOING THIS THEY WERE PROMOTING RHETORIC THAT DEMONIZED PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS. SO THERE ISN’T A BOTH SIDES HERE. YOU CAN’T TURN KIMMEL INTO KIRK. THAT IS DISGUSTING. I’M GOING TO CONTROL MYSELF. LET’S LOOK AT THE OBVIOUS HERE. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS LIKE MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION. FACEBOOK WAS PRESSURED BY THE PRESIDENT OR THE WHITE HOUSE TO THROW PEOPLE OUT, TRUMP WAS THROWN OFF TWITTER, ROSEANN, DAVE CHAPPELLE, SHANE GILLIS, J.K. ROWLING, THE LIST IS ENDLESS, COULD TAKE A WHOLE HOUR TO DO IT. HOW DO YOU STOP THAT? MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION, LIKE WHAT TRUMP IS DOING WITH LAWFARE. YOU HUNTED US. YOU HUNTED REPUBLICANS. YOU HUNTED CONSERVATIVES. WELL, MAYBE YOU WON’T HUNT US ANYMORE IF WE HUNT YOU. LASTLY, I AM SO TIRED OF THESE SELF-CENTERED FOOLS, ON CNN AND MSNBC, WITH THEIR PERFORMATIVE OUTRAGE, BECAUSE THEY WILL NEVER EVER STAND OUTSIDE BEFORE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND DEBATE PEOPLE WHO DON’T LIKE THEM. THEY ARE, LIKE ME, INDOOR CATS. USE THE PHRASE SYSTEMATICALLY KILLING FREE-SPEECH. A YOUNG MAN WAS SYSTEMATICALLY KILLED OVER FREE-SPEECH LAST WEEK. KIMMEL HAS EVERY RIGHT AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LIVE, FREE SHOW OUTDOORS, AND SO COULD ALL THOSE PEOPLE ON CNN. BUT THEY DON’T. IF THEY DID, THEY PROBABLY WOULDN’T GET SHOT BECAUSE NO ONE IS DEMONIZING THEM. KNOWN AS CALLING THEM HITLER. THAT WAS YOUR GIG. >> Emily: AND THIS WASN’T IN A VACUUM, JESSE. THIS WAS IN A CLIMATE WHERE YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS A COMPANY AND INSTRUCTS HALF OF THE COUNTRY NOT TO WATCH THE SHOW. THAT’S WHAT KIMMEL DID WHEN HE TOLD ANYONE THAT VOTED FOR TRUMP TO NOT WATCH HIS SHOW. AS THE PRESTON POINTED OUT, HIS RATINGS HAD ABSOLUTELY PLUMMETED, SO FROM A BOSTON MARKET PERSPECTIVE, THIS WASN’T THE FIRST TIME. IF HE WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN TELLING THE TRUTH, MAYBE THEY WILL HAVE CUT HIM SOME SLACK, BUT THE REALITY IS HIS SHOW SUCKED. NO ONE WATCHED IT. AND SO WHEN HE PEDDLES FILTHY LIES, THAT’S THE LAST STRAW, NOT THE FIRST. >> Jesse: IS NOT ABOUT CENSORSHIP, IT’S ABOUT STANDARDS. THE CHARLIE IS RED-HOT. CHARLIE’S BODY ISN’T EVEN BURIED YET, AND THE FACE OF THE NETWORK GOES OUT AND FALSELY FRAMES MAGA AS THE ASSASSIN. THAT IS A FLAT OUT LIE. IT IS DISRESPECTFUL. IT’S CRASS. AND IT PUTS A TARGET ON OUR BACK. AND THERE WAS AN AFFILIATE REVOLT — IT’S CALLED THE MARKETPLACE — SO BOB IGER AT DISNEY SINCE YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO PUT KIMMEL ON ICE BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONSCIENCE. WE HAVE STANDARDS HERE. AND IT’S NOT LIKE ABC HASN’T DONE THIS BEFORE. THEY SUSPENDED WHOOPI, SUSPENDED BRIAN ROSS, THEY SUSPENDED A LOT OF PEOPLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS BUSINESS GET SUSPENDED. WHEN WE SAY OF NOXIOUS THINGS. RACIST, SEXIST, UNTRUE THINGS, UNETHICAL THINGS. IT’S A HIGH-WIRE ACT. AND SOMETIMES WE SCREW UP, AND HE SCREWED UP, SO HE GOT BENCHED. BIG DEAL. SOMETIMES THE NETWORKS GET IT RIGHT, AND SOMETIMES THEY GET IT WRONG. SOMETIMES THEY GO TOO FAR, AND SOMETIMES THEY DON’T GO FAR ENOUGH. ABC SUSPENDED THE REPORTER WHO WAS RIGHT ABOUT PAUL PELOSI. AND THEY SUSPENDED KIMMEL, WHO WAS WRONG ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK. HE’S NOT A MARTYR. HE’S A MULTIMILLIONAIRE COMEDIAN WHO, IF HE DOESN’T WANT TO PLAY IN THIS SANDBOX WITH STANDARDS, CAN DO A SHOW FOR MILLIONS ON NETFLIX OR APPLE TV. IT IS FUNNY, THOUGH, HOW THE DEMOCRATS ALWAYS DEFEND THE CROOKS, THE LIARS, AND THE SNAPPY MILLIONAIRES, WHETHER IT’S SMOLLETT, COLBERT, THIS CAT, OR MICHAEL AVENATTI OR THE MARYLAND DAD. THEY ARE MORE UPSET ABOUT THIS GUY GETTING SUSPENDED THAN CHARLIE GETTING SHOT. AND THEY LOVE GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP. THEY WERE APPLAUDING WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS TELLING BIG TECH TO CENSOR US FOR TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID OR TELLING JOKES ABOUT FAUCI SO EVERYONE NEEDS TO CHILL. HE WILL PROBABLY COME BACK IN A FEW DAYS AND GUTFELD WILL BE BACK TO OPEN HIS KIMMEL. >> Emily: COURTS HAVE HELD, WE KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE, THAT HOSTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IS SAID ON AIR. BY THEMSELVES AND EVEN THEIR GUESTS. THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AND THE WRITERS GUILD AND ALL THESE ACTORS TO COME AND SAY WHAT A DEATH TO DEMOCRACY MOMENT THIS IS, AREN’T QUITE SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES, THAT IT IS ACTUALLY SOME PLEA BUSINESS AND A MARKET WHO FRANKLY MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. >> Harold: SO I SLIGHTLY DIFFER. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU, GLAD TO BE BACK AROUND THE TABLE. I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS. IF YOU MAKE YOUR LIVING IN THIS WORLD THROUGH WORDS, WRITTEN WORDS, SAID WORDS, THE SPOKEN WORD, TODAY — OR LAST NIGHT — MIGHT CAUSE YOU TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE. I WATCHED THE PRESIDENT TODAY — AND I GIVE THE PRESIDENT THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT ON A LOT OF THINGS. HE WAS ON AIR FORCE ONE COMING BACK FROM A VERY SUCCESSFUL TRIP IN LONDON. HE SAYS THEY ARE 97% AGAINST. THEY GIVE ME ONLY BAD PRESS THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BROADCAST NEWS. PEOPLE WHO GET PUBLIC LICENSES. THEY ARE GETTING A LICENSE. I WOULD THINK MAYBE THEIR LICENSE SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY. IT WOULD BE UP TO BRENDAN CARR. NOW IF YOU DIDN’T, WHO SAID THAT, I WOULD NEVER THINK THAT QUOTE WAS AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, WHATEVER. THAT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING PUTIN WOULD SAY. HE TOOK ONE OF OUR OWN, THANK GOD WE GOT HIM OUT, EVAN. SOMETHING VIKTOR ORBAN WITH THE AND HUNGRY, SOMETHING THE NORTH KOREA GUY WOULD SAY. OVER TWO. IS “SNL” NEXT? THE PRESIDENT AND HIS QUOTE LAST NIGHT SAID THAT NBC OUGHT TO BE ON NOTICE, AS WELL. AND “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” HAS DONE SOME OF THE GREAT SKITS. I LOVE THAT FIRST PART WHERE THEY TAKE ON THE POLITICAL NEWS OF THE DAY. I REMEMBER HOW MUCH THEY TOOK ON CLINTON. I WAS IN CONGRESS AT THE TIME. I DO THINK CLINTON WAS PROBABLY UPSET. I LACKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS. SOME OF THE THINGS I DIDN’T LAUGH ABOUT. BUT IT WAS FUNNY. THEY TOOK ON H.W. BUSH. THEY TOOK ON ROSS PEROT WHEN HE WAS RUNNING. THEY TOOK ON W, THEY TOOK ON CLINTON. >> Greg: THEY ALSO GOT RID OF SHANE GILLIS. WHICH MEANS THEY MADE A DECISION ABOUT PEOPLE THEY DIDN’T WANT ON THE SHOW PIT. >> Harold: GREG MIGHT SAY THIS TO YOU, BROTHER. THERE’S A DEMOCRAT WHO GETS ELECTED, AND HE OR SHE DECIDES TO COME AFTER GREG GUTFELD, I WILL DEFEND YOU AS MUCH AS I AM DEFENDING THIS. I JUST THINK THIS IS A — AS MUCH AS WE DISAGREE WITH WHAT HE SAID, SOME OF IT WAS NOT FUNNY WHAT JIMMY KIMMEL SAID, BUT THERE WERE SO MANY ASPECTS OF THIS THAT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT. THE COMPANY. >> Harold: HE SIX WHICH IS A GREAT COMPANY, THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRYING TO ACQUIRE A COMPANY AND THE PERSON WHO IS GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN ACQUIRE THE ENTITY IS THE FCC, AND MR. CARR DID NOT RUN AWAY FROM THAT POINT LAST NIGHT ON TELEVISION ON OUR GREAT SEAN HANNITY’S SHOW. HE WAS QUOTED LAST NIGHT AS SAYING WE CAN DO THIS THE HARD WAY OR THE EASY WAY. AND AGAIN, I WOULD THINK THIS WAS A FOREIGN LEADER SAYING THIS, NOT THE UNITED STATES. SOME OF THIS HUMOR I DON’T LIKE, AND I DON’T LAUGH AT SOME OF THIS STUFF AT NIGHT. BUT I’M JUST NOT CONVINCED THAT THE STATE SHOULD BE DECIDING FREE PRESS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE HAS NO TALENT, HE SHOULD BE OFF — I DIDN’T REALIZE THAT THE PERSON THAT WOULD BE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TALENT SHOULD BE ON TELEVISION WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THERE IS NO DOUBT PEOPLE GET SUSPENDED FOR THINGS THAT THEY SAY OR THAT THEY DON’T SAY OR THE WAY THEY SAY IT, AND NETWORKS — AND FOR THAT MATTER, COMPANIES HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO THAT. BUT I WOULD ONLY SAY TO MR. CARR, WHO SAID THESE BROADCAST LICENSES THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO ACT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND HE SAID THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO GO GET A PODCAST OR GO ONLINE. THING ABOUT THIS. ON MOST BROADCAST SHOWS, CABLE NEWS SHOWS, THE LOCAL LICENSES, THEY CAN’T HAVE A SHOW FOR 30 MINUTES AND HOW TO BUILD A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE IS NOT A PUBLIC INTEREST. THEY CAN’T TELL YOU HOW TO BUILD A NUCLEAR BOMB. YOU KNOW WHY? IT’S NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. BUT YOU CAN DO IT HERE. MR. CARR, SPENT SOME OF HER TIME TRYING TO FIGURE HOW WE REGULATE THESE PEOPLE, HOW WE REGULATE THE RADICALIZATION AND ALL OF THE STUFF ONLINE THAT’S PUMMELING OUR KIDS AND PUMMELING OUR SOCIETY AS MUCH AS YOU ARE THIS. THE COURTS, YOU ARE RIGHT, EMILY, WILL MAKE THE DETERMINATION HERE, BUT I’VE GOT TO TELL YOU, I’M A LITTLE ALARMED TODAY BECAUSE I CAN’T BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO TELL US WHAT’S FUNNY, WHAT’S NOT, AND WHAT’S PERMISSIBLE. >> Greg: CAN I JUST RESPOND? BECAUSE THERE’S A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THERE THAT I’M NOT FOLLOWING. THIS IS A PUBLIC — IT’S A PUBLIC LICENSE. TRUMP CAN SAY WHATEVER HE WANTS. BUT IF THERE IS — LOOK. I THINK WHAT YOU ARE ARGUING ABOUT IS THE ROLE OF THE FCC. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRUMP. >> Harold: TRUMP — >> Greg: I’M TALKING ABOUT THE IDEA OF THE FCC. SOMETHING THAT OVERSEES A FINITE GOOD, WHICH IS THREE NETWORKS. IT SEEMS KIND OF IRRELEVANT AND OUTDATED. BUT THEN YOU SWITCH OVER AND START TALKING ABOUT PODCAST AND STUFF, BUT THE FCC DOESN’T DEAL WITH THAT. >> Harold: EXACTLY, HE SAID THEY DON’T DEAL WITH — I’M SAYING THE PUBLIC INTEREST, YOU CANNOT — >> Greg: I UNDERSTAND — >> Harold: HOW TO BUILD A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL, IT’S NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. WE USE TO ALLOW THESE GUYS TO TELL THESE JOKES BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THE MARKET PLACE, YOU EITHER WATCH THEM OR DON’T WATCH THEM. >> Greg: GUESS WHAT I’M SAYING IS IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL AND YOU CAN’T DO IT ON THESE THREE NETWORKS, THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU ARE BEING CENSORED. YOU’RE GOING TO GO OFF AND DO IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. WAS ON AGREE WITH YOU — >> Harold: I’M SAYING THAT’S WHAT HE SHOULD BE SPENDING HIS TIME ON, TAKING THE LICENSE — THE PRESIDENT SAID THEY ARE GETTING A LICENSE. I WOULD THINK MAYBE — THESE ARE HIS WORDS — SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY. THE FOCUS SHOULD BE, I BELIEVE — I WAS JUST MAKING A POINT — THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON HIS ONLINE GUYS. THAT’S WHERE THE DANGER AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST IS BEING COMPROMISED, ATTACKED, AND I BELIEVE A PUSH BACKWARDS. >> Greg: THOSE ARE PRIVATE. THEY’RE NOT PUBLIC. I DON’T HOW YOU — BUT ANYWAY. >> Harold: I’M SORRY COME EMILY, BUT ONE OF THESE PRIVATE GUYS TRY TO BUY A PRIVATE GUY, THEY HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE FCC. THAT’S WHERE HE SHOULD BE SPENDING HIS TIME, I DIDN’T MEAN TO — >> Emily: IT STILL DOESN’T ADDRESS WHAT IS AT ISSUE HERE BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT CAN SAY WHAT HE WANTS BUT BECAUSE THIS ISN’T ACTUALLY AN AUTOCRACY, THE REALITY IS IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT HE SAYS BECAUSE THE FCC IS THE GOVERNING BODY. SO INDEED IF I START RUNNING UP AND DOWN SIXTH AVENUE SCREAMING WITH MY HEAD OFF AND NO CLOTHES ON, THAT I WILL PROBABLY — >> Greg: ONE IS THAT HAPPENING? WHAT TIME IS THAT? >> Rosanna: MORALS BECAUSE IN YOUR CONTRACT APPEARED. >> Emily: EXACTLY. AT THE OF THE DAY, EMPLOYEE IN THIS REALM, HE CAN INDEED START HIS OWN PODCAST. >> Rosanna: WILL HAVE LOTS OF CLAUSES IN OUR CONTRACTS AND I’M SURE JIMMY KIMMEL DOES, TOO. MY DAY JOB AS I WORK FOR A LOCAL FOX AFFILIATE. >> Harold: YOU DO A GOOD JOB, MIGHT I ADD. >> Rosanna: THANK YOU, I’VE BEEN THERE — BY THE WAY, JESSE, I’VE MADE SOME MISTAKES, NOT BRAND, TO HAVE ME PULLED OFF THE AIR. I WILL SAY THERE ARE RULES AND REGULATIONS. WE HAVE LAWYERS COME IN ONCE A YEAR AND KIND OF REFRESH EVERYBODY’S MEMORIES ON WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO SAY. THERE ARE BOUNDARIES. WHAT JIMMY KIMMEL SAID ON THE AIR WAS FULL. EVEN TODAY IN “THE NEW YORK TIMES,” I’M GOING TO QUOTE THEM, CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED ON TUESDAY PORTRAY MR. ROBINSON AS A LEFT-LEANING ASSASSIN. WHO PRAISED LGBTQ VIEWS. THEY DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT MAGA. HE WAS NOT PART OF THE MAGA. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS. THIS IS A TIME OR ALL OF US REALLY SHOULD KIND OF TAKE A DEEP BREATH. MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME, IF YOU DON’T HAVE SOMETHING NICE TO SAY, DON’T SAY IT. >> Jesse: WE ARE ON CABLE TV HERE. [LAUGHTER] >> Rosanna: BUT A YOUNG MAN WAS ASSASSINATED. LET’S TURN DOWN THE RHETORIC A LITTLE BIT. >> Greg: I DON’T THINK WE NEED TO HEAR THAT LECTURE RIGHT NOW. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS BEING PUT ON US. SO THE LECTURE TURNED ON THE RHETORIC OR WHATEVER, IT SOUNDS NICE. BUT I’M NOT GOING TO. >> Emily: ALSO, THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE RIGHT NOW HORRIFIED AT THIS TERMINATION WERE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT APPLAUDED THE INSTANT YOU QUESTIONED A VACCINE OR THE INSTANT YOU QUESTIONED GOVERNMENT DECISIONS, AND THAT WAS THE GOVERNMENT THAT THEY WERE APPLAUDING. >> Greg: THEY NEED TO THINK ABOUT — THEY NEED TO — >> Harold: YOU GUYS WERE AGAINST THAT. I WAS WISH WITH YOU. >> Emily: THAT’S MY POINT. OKAY. [LAUGHTER] FREE-SPEECH IS A DIFFERENT BUCKET AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. >> Rosanna: BY THE WAY,

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30 comments
  1. What Kimmel said was not at all "comedic" get real…good bye Kimmel..Good bye Colbert…YAY..Could've happened to any better leftists…now The Spew next!!!

  2. Has Jessica never defend the blue. Yes she does.
    How often do you guys gang up on Jessica. Ask one of your pollsters. What ever they come up with, that's ratio of right on left violence. Greg has pure hate for his fellow Americans. It alone is stunning that noboby ever stands up to defend her. If Greg is forcing himself on a woman None of the men would stop him. They will probably think from experience to first threaten her then send lawyers and blame her for been a slu¥.Then wonder how much is Greg gonna have to pay her off for his hate filled 10 seconds He make joke on his Rotfiet gag show and brad about it cause thats his jokes. Little man greg goes off and looking like he is about to cry stating "dont use whataboutism" not allowing Jessy to talk. And the reason the other big networks don't do that, its becauce Fox is its own Epstein Island: Roger Ailes
    Bill O’Reilly
    Ed Henry
    Sean Hannity
    Tucker Carlson
    Howard Kurtz
    Gianno Caldwell. Between those sub human pigs they have settled for around 500 million between them. You telling me Trans people are the problem. How Nancy Mace is able to go there and not have a fake melt down is proberly because she is full of poo. Look in the mirror. Charlie was a vile human and now I get why he's you dead hero. Pathetic…

  3. But I feel like the broadcast show has been bought and paid for by the left and we SEE the falsehoods they have been putting out. We need to rework the Smith-Mundt Act so they can’t KNOWINGLY LIE to their populace. It’s PROPAGANDA.

  4. Cable broadcasting is a dying form of information. They absolutely need to be figuring out how to regulate the other forms of media as that is where the youth is going and becoming radicalized. Harold is absolutely correct on that one. Kimmel sucked and wasn’t funny, but he’s not the only radical political voice. There are millions of Kimmel types on every other form of media.

  5. If it was even-handed, then the left wing media would be right to complain about Trump being happy about Kimmel being taken off the air, but it isn't even-handed, the vast majority of the media has a left wing bias, and that should not be allowed.

  6. Freedom of speech or not company's have the right to hire and fire who they want..Kimmel and Colbert both haven't had a "comedic " for years now..now onto The Spew!!

  7. Well Gee thats how they operate!!! If it happens to them maybe something will break huh??! Nothing has gotten much better in this world when they are not held accountable!!! F— these monsters and WE ALL NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILY!!!!!

  8. Are these the same people that were cheering and celebrating when a sitting president was blocked from all social media .?

  9. You're allowed to say what you want free speech but you have to be willing to live with the consequences of those words. And that's what we're seeing here.

  10. I felt like Jimmy Kimmel intentionally lied. He believed he was entitled to lie. IMO he also wasn’t funny but he was fired for intentionally lying and having poor judgement – the network owner didn’t want to pay for his poor judgment

  11. Why don't make it simple: stop any public money media??? Then, they can do whatever they want. They can keep lying.

  12. Harold is off in space on this. Democrat's were in power for 12 years under Obama + Biden when they censored and attacked every conservative commentator or citizen.

  13. Harold does not get it ABC has is private company with a public license but Kimmel was out & out lying and he knew it. So by lying to the public and again spreading hateful lies against Maga people he should be permanently removed. He has been funny in over a decade. He makes roughly 24 million a year and is shedding viewers like crazy, time for him to go back to his hateful blackface & misogynistic man show & off public airwaves.

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