Letters: Trump’s campaign of censorship reaches Jimmy Kimmel

Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Trump s censorship reaches Jimmy Kimmel Re ABC suspends Kimmel over his Kirk comments Page A Sept Suspending Jimmy Kimmel s show is the latest in governing body censorship After the cancelling of Stephen Colbert Donald Trump celebrated and targeted Jimmy Kimmel Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers Two down two to go Then Trump commented federal regulators should revoke broadcast licenses over late-night hosts who speak negatively about him This is a direct assault on free speech and First Amendment rights and a prime example of Trump s dictatorship ambitions and methods Related Articles Letters A nuanced approach to fire safety is best Letters San Jose council must lead on improving animal shelter Letters UC leadership should resign after handing over names Letters Column never addresses CTA arguments against AB Letters Renewed empathy could heal country s divisions Kimmel s offending words multiple in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk are certified by these actions Karen Mandel San Jose Kimmel suspension attacks free speech Re ABC suspends Kimmel over his Kirk comments Page A Sept The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live is nothing less than an attack on free speech and an assault on our Constitution This is how censorship starts silencing voices that dare to challenge mock or speak truth to power Brendan Carr the chair of the Federal Communications Commission who bears responsibility for this disgrace should resign this instant or be removed If not Congress must haul him in to testify and answer for this blatant attack on free speech In the current era it s a late-night host The next morning it could be journalists writers or any citizen whose views are deemed inconvenient This is not entertainment news it is a constitutional situation Willow Bechtel Campbell What won t Trump s loyalists sacrifice Re ABC suspends Kimmel over his Kirk comments Page A Sept Jimmy Kemmel was indefinitely suspended because of Donald Trump s loyalists Trump via his loyalists is controlling the U S Department of Justice corporations our strength department and the judicial and legislative branches He has and is eliminating the independence of these institutions and agencies that affect our lives and freedoms I m wondering how much freedom Trump s loyalists will continue to sacrifice for him Maybe I worded that wrong I m wondering what they won t sacrifice for him Thomas Sutton San Jose Blaming high tech lets gun access off hook Re Silicon Valley demands to address its role in Charlie Kirk s killing Page A Sept So Charlie Kirk s assassin spent a great deal of time online as do the majority of his generation It was not his time online that gave him access to a weapon capable of reaching out to kill Mr Kirk at over yards or the ability to hit him with one shot That was the responsibility of those like his family who advocacy the Supreme Court ruling that the first clause of the Second Amendment is effectively null and void This is the fruit of in the current era s political circumstances of division coupled with unfettered access to firearms William Gascoyne San Jose The system isn t broken there is no system Two weeks ago I saw a homeless pregnant woman at a city park in San Jose I announced the situation to a San Jose park employee at the site I also announced the situation to a city of San Jose employee who works at the senior center adjacent to the city park Both city employees seemed concerned and reported me that they would overview the matter to their supervisors I also sent an email to the Silicon Valley Salvation Army I was informed that they would contact someone about the homeless woman in the park A scarce days ago I discovered that the homeless woman was still sleeping in the park What I discovered firsthand is that the system isn t broken but rather there is no system Pete Campbell San Jose Trump Rubio must do more to end Gaza war Re Palestinians flee carnage Page A Sept Imagine if we were in the war getting bombed every day having to move all our belongings to another place and our whole family risking getting killed This is what s happening now and there are no peace negotiations in sight Benjamin Netanyahu is coming to the White House again Hopefully President Trump can convince him to have a ceasefire to give a chance for the remaining hostages to be disclosed Secretary of State Rubio demands to do more too if doable to end this war and the constant displacement of Palestinians Celeste McGettigan San Jose What s the real cost of ICE enforcement Re Foreigners on flight to Ghana were treated harshly lawsuit says Page A Sept Aside from the atrocities mentioned in the article what did it cost the U S taxpayers to fly deportees to Ghana on a U S military cargo plane The same can be urged of all deportees flown out of the United States Tom Keeble Saratoga