A demonstrator holds a sign reading "Protect Free Speech" outside the El Capitan Theatre, home of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Protesters gathered after ABC suspended the late-night show, calling it an attack on free expression. (Photo by David Pashaee / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by DAVID PASHAEE/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Jimmy Kimmel’s sidelining is a familiar script for other countries

Some have been drawing comparison between President Donald Trump’s anti-media campaign, along with the decision to take Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show off the air, and how media has been silenced in other countries. CNN’s Nathan Hodge explains.

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A demonstrator holds a sign reading "Protect Free Speech" outside the El Capitan Theatre, home of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Protesters gathered after ABC suspended the late-night show, calling it an attack on free expression. (Photo by David Pashaee / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by DAVID PASHAEE/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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