Brian Stelter

He has this free speech platform

And he's making it about so much more than himself.

He's telling his viewers if they come for Jimmy Fallon next, you better speak out ten times as loudly.

He's telling his viewers Trump's trying to destroy American journalism.

He pointed to the Pentagon implementing new restrictions on journalists at the Pentagon.

He is using his platform to make this about so much more than one late night show.

You know what I mean?

I agree with you, and I went looking through his YouTube views this morning trying to get a sense of what viewers want, right?

At least online, on streaming.

What do viewers want out of Kimmel?

And what I found was very clear.

The most popular clips, the most shared clips, they are not his celebrity interviews.

They are not his sketches.

They are not his absurd segments.

They are his anti-Trump commentaries.

They are his political monologues.

That is what people come to look for now from Jimmy Kimmel.

So when we hear conservatives bemoan Kimmel and say he's not funny and say he should be canceled and all that stuff that's out there that's all across Fox News, it's not true in terms of what the audience that Kimmel has wants.

Kimmel's audience wants him to take on Donald Trump.

Kimmel's audience wants him to point out the Trump administration's conduct, in some cases misconduct.