When I saw the headline, I thought it was a zinger from the Babylon Bee:

But parody cannot keep pace with reality when it comes to moonbats. The story is from Fox News:

Nexstar Media Group announced Wednesday it would continue to preempt late-night host Jimmy Kimmel from its ABC affiliate stations after Disney lifted his suspension following his controversial comments about the Charlie Kirk assassination.

Characteristic of the unrepentent Kimmel, the “controversial comments” consisted of the vile lies that Charlie Kirk was killed by a fellow conservative and that Donald Trump did not grieve his death.

Brace yourself for Grand Canyon-scale cognitive dissonance — or to put it less charitably, hypocrisy:

“Decisions about what Americans watch shouldn’t be dictated by political pressure,” [Bernie] Sanders wrote on X. “Nexstar must immediately restore Jimmy Kimmel to viewers in Vermont and across the U.S. Broadcasters should not cave in to an authoritarian-type president who can’t accept criticism.”

Decisions about what Americans watch should not be dictated by political pressure, so do what the senator tells you and air his leftist ally, even if it is an insult to your audience. Submit to the Marxist-Leninist, or else you are caving in to authoritarianism.

Bernie ought to be careful trying to dictate speech by bullying. What goes around, comes around:

On tips from Jester.