Writers Guild Rips ABC’s Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ From Air: “The WGA Stands With Jimmy Kimmel and His Writers”
The union that represents writers on Jimmy Kimmel Live! is ripping ABC for pulling the show off air after the comedian made some viral remarks regarding the shooting of Charlie Kirk.
“The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other — to disturb, even — is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice,” said the Writers Guild of America West and East on Wednesday night, not long after Disney-owned ABC said it was pulling the show “indefinitely.”
The union added, “As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who...
