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

Post by dgrr19 » Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 5:03 PM UTC

duxup wrote: post #725

dada78641 wrote: post #667

It really is kind of incredible. I just saw the clip and there really is absolutely nothing there. This is not even 10% as poignant of what Jon Stewart would say in his day. He doesn't even say anything about Kirk himself, or even about the murder—he just talks about the reaction to it. I already thought it was very suspicious that Sinclair's official press release just talks about how the remarks were "inappropriate…

Trump and Co. are the biggest "snowflakes". Anything that even hints at not being in line with their thoughts, they put the power of the government to work to punish it. It doesn't even matter what anyone says or thinks, once they're set on it being bad, they're on it and it's always played up to be the worst thing ever. There's no discussion, no indication what really happened, facts are irrelevant, all lies and thr…

Post by BrandoElFollito » Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 5:05 PM UTC

happytoexplain wrote: post #771

BrandoElFollito wrote: post #648

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This by the way is an example of construction that confuses is non English natives. Another one is "he was all but dead" which can be understood as "he was really in a bad shape, almost dead", or "he was absolutely not dead, as opposed to what they say" There are a few more like these (especially in short titles, where I have to analyze word by word the sentence to make sure I got it right)

Yeah, English is very confusing (or at least I get the impression that it is more confusing than other languages - it's the only one I speak). Even in your example, I think you misunderstand. "He was all but dead" is never used to mean "he was absolutely not dead, as opposed to what they say". That would be "he was anything but dead". However, there is a caveat, since even native speakers increasingly over the years…

Post by bitshiftfaced » Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 5:07 PM UTC

justin66 wrote: post #788

bitshiftfaced wrote: post #786

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If I'm understanding it correctly, the FCC didn't actually do anything here. The FCC chairman made, at worst, a threat. ABC immediately pulled the show, and news article's link this to license approvals and such. But if the FCC actually strong armed the media due to political reasons, would it stand up in the courts? Disney has more than enough money to fight it. One possibility is that they're using this as an oppor…

This reads as if you're unaware of the upcoming merger some of the parties involved would very much like the FCC to approve.

Post by curt15 » Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 5:14 PM UTC

dgrr19 wrote: post #831

duxup wrote: post #725

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Trump and Co. are the biggest "snowflakes". Anything that even hints at not being in line with their thoughts, they put the power of the government to work to punish it. It doesn't even matter what anyone says or thinks, once they're set on it being bad, they're on it and it's always played up to be the worst thing ever. There's no discussion, no indication what really happened, facts are irrelevant, all lies and thr…

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Post by rezonant » Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 5:21 PM UTC

_9za9 wrote: post #660

rezonant wrote: post #635

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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…