Politics Added 137d ago 17 outlets

Donald and Melania Trump call for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel after his 'expectant widow' joke about the first lady

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel made a joke on Thursday's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' describing Melania Trump as having 'the glow of an expectant widow,' part of a mock White House Correspondents' Dinner routine. Two days later, a gunman attempted to enter the actual WHCA dinner ballroom where the Trumps were present, resulting in charges against Cole Allen for attempted assassination. On Monday, Melania Trump posted on X calling for ABC to 'take a stand,' and President Trump posted on Truth Social calling for Kimmel to be fired; Kimmel responded that evening by defending the joke as a reference to the couple's age difference and refusing to apologize.

Divergence score

This event sits in the top 1% of divergence this week. 17 outlets covered it, splitting into 17 framing camps across 4 bias groups.

17 camps

4 bias groups

The spectrum · how 17 outlets placed this story

LeftCenterRight

Al Jazeera

AP News

PBS NewsHour

BBC

Daily Wire

Washington Examiner

Mother Jones

Breitbart

Reuters

Wall Street Journal

The Hill

NPR

CNN

NY Post

HuffPost

Politico

New York Times

Horizontal = outlet biasColor = this story's framing

Supportive of action

Neutral

Dismissive

Critical

Alarmist

International angle

Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first

Furthest apart on this story

Daily Wire

Jimmy Kimmel Hits Back At Critics Over Melania 'Widow' Joke And Refuses To Apologize

Kimmel's defiance as moral failure

Mother Jones

They're Trying to Get Jimmy Kimmel Fired Again

coordinated right-wing pressure campaign

How Daily Wire and Mother Jones compare across every story →

First to report

Reutersfirst
HuffPost+48 min
BBC+1.5 h
NPR+2.4 h
New York Times+4.3 h
PBS NewsHour+5.2 h
Mother Jones+5.3 h
CNN+10.3 h
Politico+14.7 h
Al Jazeera+16.1 h
Daily Wire+16.7 h
Wall Street Journal+18.8 h

By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.

The split, in one line

Conservative outlets frame the joke as an open wish for assassination made worse by the timing of the shooting; left-leaning outlets frame it as a standard roast joke and emphasize political pressure on a broadcaster as the real story.

How each outlet covered it