Disney’s Kimmel suspension shows Trump’s increasing grip over media

ABC's abrupt suspension of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel under pressure from the Federal Communications Commission is the latest demonstration of the power President Donald Trump wields to bend media, entertainment and digital platforms to his will, as he uses political pressure to mute criticism and punish institutions he sees as biased against him. The move, which came after Kimmel's remarks about the accused killer of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has jolted the US media and entertainment industries and intensified free-speech fears as the Trump-appointed FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke broadcast licenses from stations that carry what he called "garbage." Major media and tech companies are now controlled by Trump supporters or billionaire business leaders who lined...