{"id":6708,"date":"2025-09-20T20:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=6708"},"modified":"2025-09-20T20:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:15:07","slug":"host-pushes-back-after-network-demands-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=6708","title":{"rendered":"Host Pushes Back After Network Demands Apology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jimmy Kimmel has refused to apologize or donate to the family of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, despite demands from Sinclair Broadcast Group, a major ABC affiliate owner. The pressure followed ABC\u2019s indefinite suspension of <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> after backlash over Kimmel\u2019s monologue, which criticized political groups for allegedly exploiting Kirk\u2019s death. Sinclair called ABC\u2019s action insufficient and demanded a public apology and a personal donation to Kirk\u2019s family and Turning Point USA as conditions for returning the show to its stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nexstar Media Group also pulled the show, citing concerns over &#8220;community values,&#8221; further cutting its national reach. While some media figures defended Kimmel on free speech grounds, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr supported the affiliates&#8217; decisions but denied any regulatory role. ABC maintains the show is temporarily pre-empted, not canceled, but Sinclair insists it won\u2019t return without a direct apology and donation. The standoff underscores growing tensions between network hosts, affiliate control, and the boundaries of editorial expression, leaving the show&#8217;s future in limbo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel has refused to apologize or donate to the family of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, despite demands from Sinclair Broadcast Group, a major ABC affiliate&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":618,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6710,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6708\/revisions\/6710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}