Kimmel Faces Backlash After Trump Joke Before WHCA Shooting

The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was attended by the Trumps and several Cabinet officials at the time of the incident. An ABC staffer criticized the broader direction of the company while defending editorial independence.

“Our first lady, Melania, is here

“The government should have zero say about who is on air,” the staffer said. “But if I were the head of a media company—news, sitcoms, whatever—I’d think long and hard about the country I wanted to mirror back to my viewers.”