ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel joined Bloomberg managing editor for media and entertainment Lucas Shaw on Wednesday for a discussion at Bloomberg Screentime. Twice during their conversation, Kimmel accused his critics of “distortion” and “intentionally and I think maliciously” mischaracterizing the comments that got him suspended. However, sandwiched in-between those remarks, Kimmel also unwittingly appeared to discredit his and his supporters’ belief that it was President Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr that got him suspended.
Shaw began by asking, “How long after the initial episode where you made the comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Monday episode, did you realize there was a problem?”
Kimmel began by declaring that, “I didn't think there was a big problem. I, you know, I just saw it as distortion on the part of some of the right-wing media networks.”
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