Bigger than Kimmel

　＜Bigger than Kimmel: Psaki shows what’s really behind the comedian’s suspension＞（https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ItkKJxbl8&list=PLDIVi-vBsOEw14eWhE7KD3ZlVx7MSvyAY&index=2）

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As I mentioned yesterday, the issue of government interference in the media in the United States shows no signs of being resolved. Of course, I don’t know what will happen in the future. Journalist Jen Ssaki, who I have thought has been quite outstanding since the Obama era for her political judgment and clear speaking style, spoke in an easy-to-understand manner on her talk show, saying, “There is a bigger background to what is happening now than Kimmel’s departure.” This was very helpful for me in understanding the implications of the issues directly affecting the American media. (Yamano Satoshi)

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Disney Pulled Jimmy Kimmel as Pressure Built on Multiple Fronts　For Robert A. Iger and his leadership team at Disney and ABC, time was running out./Jimmy Kimmel, one of the company’s biggest stars, was preparing to tape the Wednesday edition of his late-night show in Hollywood at 4:30 p.m. And he had written an opening monologue that would address a cascading political firestorm head-on./Conservatives had accused Mr. Kimmel of mischaracterizing the politics of the man accused of killing the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission had just warned ABC of serious consequences, telling the network that “we can do this the easy or the hard way.” And a Texas-based owner of many ABC affiliates was preparing to pull Mr. Kimmel from its stations indefinitely./Mr. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, and Dana Walden, his head of television, were also hearing from skittish advertisers and employees who had begun to receive threatening messages. When the team reviewed Mr. Kimmel’s planned remarks, they grew concerned that his monologue would only inflame the situation further.（NEW YORK TIMES ・2025/09/18）

◉ （Career）Jennifer Rene Psaki ( born December 1, 1978) is an American television political analyst and former government official. A political advisor who served under both the Obama and Biden adoministrations, she served in the Biden administration as the 34th White House press seretary until May 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Obama administration as the White House deputy press secretary. (2009); the White House deputy communications director (2009–2011); the spokeperson foe the United State Department of State (2013–2015); and the the White House deputy communications director (2015–2017). Psaki was a political contributor for CNN from 2017 to 2020. As of March 2023, she hosts the talk show Inside with Jen Psaki on MSNBC and later on in May 2025 began hosting The Briefing with Jen Psaki.（Wikipedia）

● Joseph Raymond McCarthy（1908―1957）＝アメリカの政治家。ウィスコンシン州の農家に生まれる。苦学して1935年にミルウォーキーの大学を卒業。弁護士を経て州の巡回判事となる。第二次世界大戦時は海兵隊に入り戦功をあげる。1946年革新党のラフォレットを破り共和党の上院議員に当選。1950年2月、トルーマン政権の対中国政策の失敗に乗じ「赤狩り」に乗り出し、「マッカーシー旋風」を巻き起こす。1952年選挙で再選後は攻撃目標を拡大し、ルーズベルト、トルーマンを裏切り者と非難、さらにアイゼンハワー政権や軍部をも追及するに至った。だが、その非民主的調査とデマゴーグに対する不安と非難はしだいに強まり、1954年末上院はマッカーシー譴責(けんせき)決議案を採択、以後彼の政治的影響力は急速に失われた。（日本大百科全書ニッポニカ）

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Watching American television shows, it seems as though many commentators and announcers are “trembling with fear.” Why? They are in the perplexed position of being in front of the camera, trembling at the tyranny of power that Trump and his allies might commit, yet having to broadcast the content of the issue. Will all television stations soon turn their “silent screens” into a spectacle? What about newspapers? America is experiencing a tornado even worse than the “McCarthy whirlwind（「赤狩り」）” of the past.（Y.S.）

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