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Dozens of film and television writers marched in New York on Friday (Sept 19), protesting Disney’s suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel and what they called unconstitutional efforts by President Donald Trump to silence critical media voices.

Walt Disney-owned ABC suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” earlier this week after comments by the late-night show's host about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk prompted a threat by the head of the top U.S. communications regulator against Disney.

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00:00Dozens of film and television writers marched in New York on Friday to protest Disney's
00:12suspension of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. They described it as President Donald Trump's
00:17unconstitutional attempts to silence critical media voices.
00:21I'm here today because I'm outraged by the Trump administration's attempt to clamp down
00:25on free speech. The right to criticize people, the right to criticize the President of the
00:30United States is guaranteed by the Constitution. This country is all about it. It's one of
00:36the fundamental rights that guarantees our freedom.
00:39It's important for us to stand up together and to fight against censorship. The First
00:44Amendment says that the government does not have the right to come in and tell me what
00:49I can and cannot write and perform and so on. And this is putting, this is the government
00:56putting its thumb on the scale.
00:57It's a reflection of where we are as a society. And if we can't make satire of daily events,
01:06if we can't have a moment to process, then we're just, we're lost.
01:11Walt Disney-owned ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live. After the host's remarks about conservative
01:17activist Charlie Kirk's assassination, drew regulatory threats from the Trump-appointed
01:22Federal Communications Commission chief. During Monday's monologue, Kimmel mocked both
01:27Trump and Kirk, drawing swift backlash from conservatives. Several ABC affiliates also said they would
01:33not air the show unless Kimmel apologized to Kirk's family.
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