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19
Sep

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! Yesterday, late-night hosts rushed to the defense of ABC’s sidelined gabfest star Jimmy Kimmel.  I haven’t watched everything but Jon Stewart’s opening monologue last night on a special Thursday night edition was particularly brilliant and it’s available on YouTube. The NY Post has a good recap of Stewart’s bit as well...Dept. of Surprises: Ben Shapiro, one of the right’s most influential thinkers, argues that while he’s happy that Kimmel is gone for now, he cautions on what he calls overreach.  “The FCC should not be threatening action against ABC or its affiliates or Disney based on Jimmy Kimmel being a jackass,” he wrote in today’s Daily Wire...The shocking murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk on September 10 triggered a massive traffic spike to the 45 mostly right-wing news websites TheRighting monitors.  According to my exclusive analysis of Similarweb data, the tragic event resulted in the largest surge in visits to those websites since the 2024 election of Donald Trump.  For instance, CNN’s visits skyrocketed from 11 million on September 9 to 31 million on September 10. Fox News more than doubled its visits from 7.5 million on September 9 to 16.2 million the day of the shooting. NBC News soared from 2.6 million on September 9 to 16.3 million on September 10...Weekend Watch:  If anyone needs a refresher course in how media companies used to stand up to the federal government, I recommend Steve Spielberg’s 2017 movie The Post, which delves into how the Washington Post defied the Nixon administration at considerable risk to its future, by publishing the Pentagon Papers. The other (obvious) choice is the classic Watergate drama All the President’s Men.  Both are available for rent on Amazon Prime...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

The Market Fired Jimmy Kimmel

source: Blaze Media

ABC simply buried what ratings and audiences already abandoned.

Good Riddance

source: Washington Examiner

Kimmel’s ouster isn’t about free speech, it’s about the free market.

“Fire This Man, For Once and For All”

source: NewsBusters

Media Research Council President David Bozell urged ABC to end its relationship with Jimmy Kimmel in an interview Thursday on the NewsBusters Podcast.

We Are Not Jimmy!

source: Townhall

The real obscenity is the attempt to assign martyrdom status to Jimmy Kimmel. It’s revolting. Kimmel is a multimillionaire who will still go home every night to kiss his kids, live in his mansion, and enjoy the luxuries afforded by elite circles. His career setback is self-inflicted. He killed his own job.

Jimmy Kimmel Has Only Himself to Blame for Losing His Show

source: NY Post

Make no mistake here: Jimmy Kimmel doomed himself with his lunatic lecture Monday night, the latest in a long string of partisan rants rarely even pretended to try for humor.

Late-Night Hack Kimmel Has Only Himself to Blame

source: The Federalist

Jimmy Kimmel is not a free speech victim. He’s a leftist joke who said something really stupid and is now paying a professional price.

Late-Night TV Is Truly Dead

source: NY Post

And you can blame egotistical, politically obsessed Kimmel and Colbert.

Chris Cuomo Schools the Left on Kimmel’s Suspension

source: PJ Media

Chris Cuomo just dropped a dose of inconvenient truth about Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, and it’s not what the left wants to hear. Instead of feeding the narrative that this was some grand assault on free speech, Cuomo cut through the noise—and his blunt take won’t sit well with leftists desperate to turn Kimmel into a martyr.

Jimmy Fallon Pulls Off the Impossible in First Post-Kimmel Show

source: Outkick

While Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert lectured America on the First Amendment, NBC's Jimmy Fallon managed to do the impossible last night in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's benching. He … made people laugh. That's right. A late night TV host actually made people laugh without virtue-signaling

Abolish the FCC

source: National Review

Rather than fantasizing about using government power to punish the left, Republicans should foreclose the possibility of future suppression.

The FCC, Disney and Jimmy Kimmel

source: Wall Street Journal

Maybe now our progressive friends understand why these columns oppose government control of business and fought liberal cancel culture. Regulatory power in the hands of a willful President can too easily become a weapon against political opponents, including the media.

Three Cheers for Erika Kirk

source: American Spectator

Picking up her husband’s reins.

The Battle Cry of Erika Kirk

source: The Free Press

When she stands onstage and vows that she’ll carry forward her murdered husband’s legacy, she’s demonstrating the same unstoppable spirit that animates our most beloved narratives.

Shooting Suspect Frothed Over Beastly Porn Game

source: Daily Caller

Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk, was fixated on a pornographic “furry” video game and followed artists producing underage-themed cartoons, according to the Daily Mail. Robinson’s online footprint shows he downloaded a title called “Furry Shades of Gay” — a dating simulator advertised as a mix of “hot gay sex and slapstick humor” featuring cartoon animals

Media Can’t Handle the Truth About Tyler Robinson

source: NY Post

And Jimmy Kimmel fell for the spin.

107 Horrible Days: The Real Story of the Kamala Campaign

source: FrontPage

Behind the scenes of one of the dumbest campaigns by one of the dumbest candidates.

Letitia James Caught Violating NY’s Rent Stabilization Laws

source: The Gateway Pundit

New York State Attorney General Letitia James, long claiming to be a public champion of tenants’ rights, has herself been in violation of New York City’s rent stabilization laws for more than two decades.