Byron York on the Firing of Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Didn’t Seem to Understand That it’s Not 2017 Anymore’ (VIDEO)
Byron York of the Washington Examiner appeared on the Ingraham Angle this week and addressed the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel from ABC.
He suggested that this was similar to the Stephen Colbert situation, that it was cumulative, and that Kimmel did not understand that it’s not 2017 anymore. Most of the country has moved on from the 24/7 anti-Trump hysteria, but these late night hosts couldn’t or wouldn’t let it go.
This is a great point and could actually apply to quite a few people in media.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
LAURA INGRAHAM: And I think it’s also kind of this hostility that against a cut against what Obama in part campaigned upon in 2008. Remember he said he was for traditional marriage. Remember that? So that Barack Obama would also be an enemy to this current mindset of the Democrat Party. And a lot of these activists who are going crazy celebrating Charlie. So it’s an unbelievable transformation of the Democrat Party.
But Byron, I want to get to the big news tonight, which is that ABC is pulling Jimmy Kimmel off the air after he made this remark about Charlie…
BYRON YORK, FOX NEWS: ABC is a network that broadcast on television stations that are mostly owned by other companies. And apparently one of the biggest, station owners in the country said they were not going to air the Kimmel show anymore after this. You know, I think with him, as it was with Stephen Colbert earlier, this was really a cumulative thing. And I think that Jimmy Kimmel didn’t seem to understand that it’s not 2017 anymore. If you think back to the terrible days of 2017, when the entire media was saying Russia, Russia, Russia, 24 seven, it dominated everything. This is a different atmosphere today.
Here’s the video:
Jimmy Kimmel just learned it’s not 2017 anymore.@ByronYork: “This is a different atmosphere today… Of course, Trump is still controversial. Of course there is still a resistance. But this is a serious presidency. They are failing to grapple with that. And now they’re also… pic.twitter.com/aNUF1LBfRg
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) September 17, 2025
Kimmel thought he was still doing ‘resistance’ TV. There’s not much of a market for that anymore. Especially after the murder of Charlie Kirk.
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