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

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Post by tim333 »

LeafItAlone wrote: post #680
atoav wrote: post #631

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have read that the Joe Rogan school of comedy, that has grown popular in the past decade, did so on the grounds on fighting liberal "cancel culture". Back then they were rebelling against what was painted as a predominant culture, now that they have overachieved, one wonders if they would also fight cancle culture when it is coming from thr political right. I am not very optimistic about that. But maybe we get new…

>Joe Rogan school of comedy Joe Rogan, the Fear Factor host turned Right Wing podcaster? Is he know for comedy? I thought his brief failed stint of stand up comedy is why he switched to podcasting.

I've watched Rogan a bit and don't recall him telling jokes. He generally seems quite a neutral interviewer though his guests lean right wing.

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Post by rajup »

amanaplanacanal wrote: post #505
rajup wrote: post #390

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Good question. Same answer to both. Glad we agree!

In your view, is that answer yes, or no? I'd say yes, they all should be. The first amendment demands it.

Sure, yes works for me as long as we're consistent about it.

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Post by tim333 »

pabs3 wrote: post #444
nabla9 wrote: post #126

The era of TV-talk shows is already ending, so it's easy for companies to agree to censorship. These moves just quicken the end of the talk-show era. More profitable and successful shows seem to be immune for now, and South Park goes harder than ever.

I thought South Park had their Charlie Kirk episode pulled?

I think the company took it down out of respect. Although Kirk seems to have liked the episode.

Available here if anyone's curious on an unofficial site https://bingewatch.to/watch-series/watch-south-park-hd-39503...

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Post by cebert »

LeafItAlone wrote: post #684
cebert wrote: post #677

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This isn’t a free-speech issue. Kimmel was free to say what he said, and I personally don’t find his comments egregiously offensive. However, clearly some people did. Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences. In this case, his employer responded to partner backlash over his remarks.

> However, clearly some people did. Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences. In this case, his employer responded to partner backlash over his remarks. Government officials also threatened to pull the government provided broadcasting licenses that the corporation has. That’s free speech related.

Ok. I missed that detail.

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Post by cindyllm »

burnt-resistor wrote: post #504
DangitBobby wrote: post #295

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I'm not seeing much evidence of his political leaning (other than his choice of target, of course). Can you share some of this evidence?

There is little evidence for right or left ideological adherence, but there is for independent accelerationist blackpill from the memetic dog whistles. Accelerationists are essentially terrorists who want credit for mass destruction, collapse, omnicide, and suicide.

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Post by sigwinch »

ggregoire wrote: post #523
phendrenad2 wrote: post #352

This feels like an overreach, maybe. The FCC does have the strange task of regulating "false information" [1], but in practice I don't think that gets invoked very often (I'm sure morning DJs would be fired en masse if they were actually held to the standard of proven, objective truth!) I'm hoping that this is just the high watermark, and not the new standard. [1] - https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/broadcastin…

The chair of the FCC went live on Fox News, of all channels, to argue that ABC is alienating his audience. [1] You can't make this stuff up. [1] https://www.foxnews.com/media/fcc-chair-brendan-carr-defends...

Almost sounds like a canned reaction to, say, threatening a network over covering leaked Epstein details. Other late night hosts better watch themselves or the FCC might accuse them of “alienating their audience”.

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Post by malfist »

sharken wrote: post #674
FranzFerdiNaN wrote: post #628

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The problem is that America is now ruled by a de facto king, who uses the power of the state to submit corporations and people to do his bidding.

Also, there is quite a bit of money on the line, you can't really blame ABC for acting as a corporation: https://latenighter.com/news/jimmy-kimmels-removal-comes-ami...

Actually. You can.

Money isn't an excuse to do whatever you want

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