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POLITICO Article Rating

Kimmel jabs 'bully' Trump for restricting free speech

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    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -62% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : In response, U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr warned broadcasters that "we can do this the easy way or the hard way," adding: "These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel or, you know, there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead." Just before "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" returned after its weeklong suspension, Trump threatened the network again, saying: "I think we're going to test ABC out on this.
24% : " Referring to the pressure the Trump administration placed on networks to cancel his show and others like it, Kimmel said: "That's not legal, that's not American, that is un-American." Kimmel said Trump wanted the shows yanked because "he can't take a joke," adding: "We have to speak out against this bully.
20% : Trump was referring to a 2024 defamation lawsuit, which ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos agreed to settle for $15 million.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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