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ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair

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Post by ndsipa_pomu »

Gee101 wrote: post #241
jjfoooo4 wrote: post #199

I expected Kimmel to have somehow criticized Kirk, a dubious enough reason to pull the show. But this isn’t even that. Comments quoted in stories assert that the shooter was MAGA - maybe that’s somewhat controversial, but it’s ludicrous to suggest it’s offensive. That paired with comments criticizing the Dear Leader were enough. This is a new low in corporate cowardice toward Trump bullying. Terrible precedent aside,…

Is it possible that they wanted to pull the show and this was just the excuse they were looking for?

Why would a broadcaster want to pull a show and need an excuse to do so? Shows get cancelled all the time if the broadcaster decides that they're too expensive etc.

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Post by perihelions »

shirro wrote: post #562
Pxtl wrote: post #539

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is that he gave Trump a fig leaf of an excuse to go after him, and that's all they needed.

An Australian reporter recently asked Trump how much money he has made since returning to office and if it is ethical for a person in his position. His org got locked out of a press conference in retaliation and we get the mafia boss threats about it not being good for our country to ask those sorts of questions. Anyone living in the USA should by now have made a decision where their line in the sand lies. Without a…

If any was curious, it's >$5 billion.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-wlfi-world-liberty-financ... ("New crypto token boosts Trump family's wealth by $5 billion")

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Post by benmmurphy »

itbeho wrote: post #474
suzdude wrote: post #397

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except your premise is incorrect. Kimmel did not repeat rumors, he asserted that the political affiliations were unknown. edit: He asserted the "MAGA gang" trying to distance themselves from Mr. Robinson, which is true. It does not mean Kimmel views Robinson as "MAGA".

He did not assert they were unknown: “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them ,” Kimmel said in his Sept. 15 monologue.

I guess that leaves the question as to why Kimmel did not say: 'We hit some new lows over the weekend when people of all political stripes were trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them'. Because that seems like it gives more information to the viewer because that is what actually happened and acknowledging people from both sides were doing the 'bad thing' should help to bring people together instead of driving people apart.

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Post by perihelions »

uncircle wrote: post #644
Garlef wrote: post #636

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There was loads of pre-WW2 mockery of Hitler. It did not matter a lot in the end. So: As much as I admire Mel Brooks, this is just wishful thinking.

Yeah, how did satire fare when Hitler was in power? Let's perhaps say that if satire doesn't directly prevent authoritarianism, it works as a very effective canary in the mine.

The last criticism of Nazism was a very milquetoast 1934 speech by a Nazi, Franz von Papen, who though supporting Adolf Hitler detracted in some (seemingly) lesser ways—decrying the fanaticism of Hitler's personality cult. He was severely punished for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg_speech ("...said to be the last speech made publicly, and on a high level, in Germany against National Socialism...")

An ironic tombstone for freedom of speech:

"They will bear them and follow the Führer with unwavering loyalty, if they are allowed to have their part in the planning and in the work, if every word of criticism is not taken for ill will, and if despairing patriots are not branded as enemies of the state."

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Post by mkfs »

gsf_emergency_2 wrote: post #600
Natsu wrote: post #194

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I guess he didn't see the info that the police released? https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/us/text-message-tyler-robinso...

Family is staunchly republican, tho the perp himself went indy in the last few elections. Being gay doesn't say anything, Thiel's gay bf killed himself for what seems like political issues too (& might have been Indy like perp-- or, say sama) https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/9/15/charlie-kirk-ki...

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Post by raxxorraxor »

Pxtl wrote: post #539
shirro wrote: post #466

Kimmel discussed the political response to Kirk's death, not the man, which is a class move that respects his family and the law. I can't see the problem. How many companies, media people and politicians need to bend the knee before someone stands up and says this has all gone far enough?

The problem is that he gave Trump a fig leaf of an excuse to go after him, and that's all they needed.

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Post by AndrewOMartin »

suzdude wrote: post #614

Mel Brooks had the right of it. Fascism and Authoritarianism is defeated by satire and mockery. The ideology is too outrageous to survive any such scrutiny. Why else would the administration be so afraid of a few jokes?

> Peter Cook, [...] talked about the satirical Berlin cabarets of the ’30s, which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the Second World War.

Tom Lehrer - https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7275489-i-don-t-think-this-...

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Post by _9za9 »

rezonant wrote: post #635
_9za9 wrote: post #156

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Your post deliberately leaves out the statements from the FCC threatening action, which spooked Nexstar who has business with the FCC. Maybe you weren't aware of this fact despite it being literally the headline shown on the very page you are commenting on: > ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair

Your post deliberately leaves out statements from Sinclair and Nexstar themselves.

"In a statement posted online, Sinclair praised the Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr and called the comic’s remarks “inappropriate and deeply insensitive”."

"Inappropriate and deeply insensitive", but I suppose you, and the others here like you, believe it is appropriate and timely to spread misinformation as long as it fuels your narrative.

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