Ben Shapiro: “The FCC should not be pressuring, because of political content, various outlets to stop the dissemination of speech”

BEN SHAPIRO (HOST): So Jimmy Kimmel has now returned to the air.

I’m going to point out here that Jimmy Kimmel’s a schmuck. I thought Jimmy Kimmel’s a schmuck for 10 odd years. Go back. I have many monologues on this show about the silliness and foolishness and wrong-headedness of Jimmy Kimmel.

With that said, the FCC should not be pressuring, because of political content, various outlets to stop the dissemination of speech. That is not a good thing.

So, Jimmy Kimmel was suspended after a couple of major affiliate networks, Nexstar and Sinclair, decided they didn’t wanna air his show anymore. And it was totally unclear at the time whether they were doing that because they were offended that Jimmy Kimmel had attacked MAGA and suggested that MAGA was responsible for Charlie Kirk or whether because they were they were pressured by the FCC.

I said, listen. If it was about the ratings, if it was about them being upset and the viewers, totally good. Get rid of Jimmy Kimmel. No problem. If it was because of the FCC, that is a different sort of thing.