ABC News star George Stephanopoulos took a subtle swipe at President Donald Trump for pressuring his network’s parent company to pull late-night host Jimmy Kimmel from the air indefinitely.
Stephanopoulos, 64, said on Good Morning America that a threat to rescind ABC’s broadcasting license was “the latest in a series of moves against the independent media from President Trump and his appointees.”
The host, once at the center of a defamation lawsuit involving the president himself, did not elaborate much further on the controversial decision. He opened his segment on Thursday by reciting the news about Jimmy Kimmel Live! being put on pause.
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