“Logo Text Iatse, The American Federation of Musicians and Directors Guild of America, Are Speaking Out Against Abc’s Suspency Increase Interference in Creative Expression. ” The Hollywood Unions Issued The Joint Statement After Wednesday’s Announcement that Jimmy Kimmel Live! was being preempted”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
IATSE, THEMERICAN Federation of Musicians and Directors Guild of America, Are Speaking Out Against Abc’s Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s Late Night Tulk Show, Calling Iting IT. Interference in Creative Expression. ”
The Hollywood Unions Issued The Joint Statement After Wednesday’s Announcement That Jimmy Kimmel Live! WAS BEING PRESEMPTED INDEFINITELY by abc after his charyk shooter. The Move Follows Nexstar, One of the Biggest Owners of Local TV Stations in the Country, and Other Station Groups Saying they would preempt the series for the immediaate.
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr Had Also Threatened to Take Against ABC ABC AFFILITES IN THE WAKE OF KIMMEL SUGGESTING The Kirk Shooting Suspect Weaer
The Hollywood Unions Said in the Joint Statement That MOVE IS SURE TO IMPACT The “LIVELIHOOODS OF Thouses of Working Americans,” for it attack on free speech.
“The Indefinite Removal of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Under Government Pressure is not an isolated incident. It is Part of A Disturbing Trend of Increase Interference in Creative Expression. This Kind of Political Pressure on BroadCasters and Artists Chills Free Speech and Threatens the Livelihoods of Thouesands of Working Americans, “The Statement Reads.
“WHEN A PRIVATE CITIZEN, BUSINESS OR Television Network Bows to Government Intimidation, It Strikes at The Heart of Our First Amendment Rights. Careers or Their Family’s Livelihoods Will Be Disrupted Simply for Their Opinions, “The Statement Continues.
The Statement Follows Similar Statements from the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and An Earlier Statement from the American Federation of Musicians Alone, in Whoich Tino Gagliardi, The Afm Inter-Cellate President
WGA Also SAID IT Wuld Also Be Protesting at the Main Disney Gate in Burbank Thursday to Protest ABC and Tell Them to Bring Back Kimmel.
Here is the full statement:
The Indefinite Removal of Jimmy Kimmel Live Under Government Pressure Is Nota. It is Part of A Disturbing Trend of Increase Interference in Creative Expression. This Kind of Political Pressure on Broadcasters and Artists Chills Free Speech and Threatens the Livelihoods of Thouesands of Working Americans.
WHEN A PRIVATE CITIZEN, BUSINESS, OR Television Network Bows to Government Intimidation, It Strikes at the Heart of Our First Amendment Rights. Creative Artists Musts Be Free To Their Wark Without Fear Thatir Careers or Their Family’s Livelihoods Will Be Disrupted Simply for Their Opinions.
THESE CASES PULL The RUG OUT FROM UNDER The HARDWORKING AMERICAN WORKERS BEHINE The SCENES WHO MAKE THESE PRESSIONS PASSIBLE. At a Time WHEN AMERICA’S FILM and Television Industry is Still Struggling Due to Globalization and Industry Contraction, Further Unnecossary Job Losses Only Make A Bad Sitation.
Finally, Media Companies Have A Responsibility to Defend Their Workers and the Integrity of the Stories they Tell. All Broadcasters Must Stand Firm in Defense of Free Expression and the FIRST AMENDMENT, NOT CAPITLATE to A Policy of Political Appeaseasement.