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Stephen Colbert dramatically declared “we are all Jimmy Kimmel” during his Thursday night taping of “The Late Show” in a cringey monologue about ABC’s firing of his fellow late-night host. “Tonight we are all Jimmy Kimmel,” the lame duck CBS host opened the solemn episode wholly dedicated to his peer during its taping in Midtown Manhattan. “Yesterday after threats from Trump’s FCC chair, ABC yanked Kimmel off the air indefinitely. That is blatant censorship,” Colbert, 61, told the audience. “With an autocrat, you cannot give an inch,” the host said in apparent reference to President Trump. Colbert railed against FCC...

Jimmy Kimmel’s comments on the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk weren’t just noxiously offensive and seemingly misleading — their timing was also incredibly bad: They threaten to derail Nexstar’s $6.2 billion takeover of rival broadcaster Tegna, telecom insiders tell On The Money. The already controversial deal — which would combine two of the nation’s largest owners of local TV stations — poses significant antitrust questions and needs a close review by the Federal Communications Commission and its conservative firebrand chairman, Brendan Carr. Kimmel’s comments made that approval even dicier. That’s why Nexstar publicly announced Thursday that its stations would...

On June 3, 2020, Emmanuel Cafferty was driving home from his job as an underground line locator for San Diego Gas & Electric, as he always did. On this particular day, he had his left arm hanging out of the window of his work vehicle and cracked his knuckles. Unbeknownst to Cafferty, another motorist snapped a picture and sent it to his employer, claiming Cafferty flashed a "White power" symbol. San Diego Gas & Electric, undoubtedly feeling pressure in the midst of the summer of BLM fired Cafferty. Four months later, Cafferty, who is Mexican, filed a complaint with the...