The leaders of the Democratic Party want you to believe that ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air is an egregious violation of the First Amendment. “The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) whined on social media. 

But the reality is that ratings for Kimmel’s show have been falling for years, as have revenues, and even Kimmel himself thought his show would soon end.