Fox’s The Five rightly called out the ridiculous spin from the left that President Trump somehow made Jimmy Kimmel “unfireable” after the late-night host’s crude, irresponsible attacks following the tragic death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. ABC’s decision to pull Kimmel’s show after his monologue set off a predictable circus in the media, and the controversy revealed how raw partisan bias drives newsroom decisions more than any real sense of decency.
What followed was pure institutional panic: Disney and ABC backed away amid blowback from affiliates, while station groups like Nexstar and Sinclair said they wouldn’t air the show and demanded accountability from the host. That response by local broadcasters was an overdue reminder that the companies that own our airwaves answer to communities, not Hollywood elites.
President Trump’s celebration of the network’s initial move only added fuel to the fire, giving Democrats and their media allies a perfect narrative to paint him as a villain who chills free speech. Conservatives should be clear-eyed: calling out leftist double standards isn’t the same as wanting censorship, and the real danger was the FCC chair leaning into threats about license enforcement — a federal agency muscling private speech.
Kimmel returned with an emotional monologue that painted him as a persecuted hero and directly attacked Trump and his allies, while Hollywood rallied to his defense. That outcry prompted Disney to allow the show back on, underscoring how the left weaponizes outrage to protect its own, then cries censorship when pushback comes.
Now the left claims Trump “made him untouchable,” as if conservatives should quietly accept the late-night industrial complex turning tragedy into political theater. That spin ignores the obvious: Kimmel’s reckless remarks invited consequences, local stations exercised judgment, and corporate media scrambled to minimize damage rather than own up to biased instincts.
Patriots and working Americans don’t have to buy the premise that one side’s sanctimonious outrage earns permanent immunity. We should demand consistent standards, protect free expression from federal intimidation, and hold entertainers accountable when they cross lines in the name of politics and ratings. The real scandal is how the media tries to gaslight the public into thinking outrage equals innocence.
At the end of the day, The Five’s coverage cut through the phony narratives: this was never about silencing comedy, it was about responsibility and the rule that speech should carry consequences when it recklessly smears entire communities. If the left wants to keep pretending Trump magically safeguards celebrities, let them — Americans remember who plays by the rules and who thinks they’re above them.
