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What Next - Jimmy Kimmel Got His Job Back. She Didn’t.

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🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The First Amendment prohibits Congress from making laws that abridge freedom of speech or of the press, but in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, it’s clear that it doesn’t take a law to attack those rights.

Guest:  Karen Attiah, former columnist for the Washington Post and former editor of the Post’s Global Opinions section.

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I can honestly say I've never watched an episode of Jimmy Kimmel live before this week.

0:42.7

But when Disney announced that the late night host was coming back on the air Tuesday,

0:47.0

I knew I'd figure out how to, if not tune in, well, there'd definitely be a YouTube link somewhere.

0:55.9

What stands out to me from Kimmel's Monologue Tuesday night, without looking back,

1:00.2

it's the way his voice cracked when he talked about Charlie Kirk.

1:04.2

You understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man.

1:11.6

I remember him imploring his audience to take the threats to free speech and an independent press seriously.

1:18.6

They want to pick and choose what the news is.

1:21.6

I know that's not as interesting as muscling a comedian, but it's so important to have a free press,

1:26.6

and it is nuts that we

1:28.6

aren't paying more attention to.

1:30.9

And he also made what felt like this sincere call to national unity.

1:35.9

He was invoking people like Candace Owens and Senator Ted Cruz, trying to position them, if not

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