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In the U.S., citizens are boycotting Disney and ABC network following the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel's late night show... Our correspondent Jorge Gestoso with the details. teleSUR
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00:00In the U.S., citizens are boycotting Disney and ABC Network following the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show.
00:06Our correspondent, Jorge Estoso, has the details.
00:11Thank you. A massive boycott is taking place at this hour and the last 24 hours against Walt Disney.
00:19Subscribers of Walt Disney and also viewership of the ABC Network as a consequence of pulling off unexpectedly of the show of Jimmy Kimmel and ABC.
00:34The comedian was making a remark that was considered by the White House and by the MAGA movement very inappropriate.
00:43And supposedly, it was a lot of pressure from the White House and from the powers-to-be just to pull that show off.
00:54Immediately, the reaction has been all over the place.
00:58President Trump doubled down his decision and he said that even it could be necessary to revoke the licenses of those networks
01:10that broadcast that types of comments and that type of programs.
01:15And from the side of Jimmy Kimmel, legends in the comedian part of the U.S.,
01:21such as David Letterman, Jay Leno and Stephen Convert, was giving full support to Jimmy Kimmel,
01:28which, as of today, has not been doing any statement.
01:33Officially, we have learned that he was meeting with his lawyers and with representatives of ABC.
01:41There were also words that they could be trying to see if we could go back to her,
01:48something that is being discussed, but the reality is at the U.S. level,
01:55freedom of expression and censorship are in the limelight of the country
02:01and passes, you see that hours are going by and the subject is very much alive and kicking.
02:10We get back to you now.
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