An open letter from ACLU supporting freedom of expression and condemning the suspension of Kimmel has the support of a long list of Hollywood luminaires.
Hundreds of celebrities from Hollywood They have signed an open letter from the American Union for civil liberties (ACLU) supporting freedom of expression and condemning the suspension by Disney of Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
The letter states that attempts to press artists, journalists and other people with reprisals for their speeches “They attack the essence of what it means to live in a free country”. The message concludes with a call to all Americans to fight to defend our right to express ourselves freely.
Some of the signatories include Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Robert De Niro, Jane Fonda, Pedro Pascal, Selena Gomez, Tom Hanks, Olivia Rodrigo, Ben Stiller, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Diego Lun Rudolph, Martin Short and Kerry Washington.
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“We are now in a modern McCarthy era, facing precisely the type of government of hard hand that our constitution legitimately prohibits,” said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU, an organization that organized the letter. “The silencing of Jimmy Kimmel and the pressure exerted on the media through demands and threats to their licenses evoke dark memories of the 1950 listened to ”.
Controversy for the suspension of the Jimmy Kimmel program
Kimmel was suspended after a viral comment on his monologue about the magician reaction (making a new new generation) before the murder of Charlie Kirk. The president of the FCC, Brendan Carr, threatened to withdraw the transmission licenses from their affiliates If they did not take action against the presenter. After the threat of Car, the owners of the affiliates, Nexstar and Sinclair, said they would appropriate the program, which led ABC to suspend Kimmel indefinitely.
The decision of the FCC and ABC has been followed by a generalized conviction, even among some Republican leaders such as Texas Ted Cruz senator, and promises to boycott Disney and his subsidiaries.
Source: Ambito
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