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What about what he said was so controversial? It seems entirely in line with everything else I’ve seen happen on these kinds of shows.
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What about what he said was so controversial? It seems entirely in line with everything else I’ve seen happen on these kinds of shows.
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> was a claim that Charlie Kirk’s assassin was a “maga” supporter. I just watched the video. What he said was that MAGA supporters were too quick to blame anyone but the right, before there was any evidence about the shooter’s identity or political stance. That’s a fact.
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The FCC chair threatening your broadcast license is a pretty good "excuse". There wasn't a public outcry, it was a government outcry along with threats along multiple lines of leverage.
He was last averaging 129K viewers per episode in the 18-49 demographic, I'd say that is a far better "excuse" than a threat from the FCC. As if DIS doesn't have a legion of attorneys. Give me a break.
https://latenighter.com/news/ratings/late-night-tv-ratings-q...
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It can be a mixture of both. It's extremely easy to Cover Your Ass while intentionally dragging your feet when a bug works in your favor. The manager simply has to decide that other tasks are higher priority.
Call it HN’s rule: Never attribute to incompetence what can be attributed to malice
It probably is a glitch in this case, but it's hard not to see the dark patterns once you've learned about them.
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> There’s a relatively narrow rule which prohibits fcc licensed stations from knowing broadcasting false information if it has the possibility of creating civil unrest. Oh wow, I didn't realize Fox News wasn't FCC-licensed.
Think your local K[3 letter] west of the Mississippi, W[3 letter] east of the Mississippi*.
Not "Showtime" or "HBO" or "Cartoon Network" or "CNN" or "Fox News" or "MSNBC".
That's why the affiliates started pulling it, because their license is what's on the line, not ABC/Disney directly.
*: Except for KDKA, KYW, WFAA, WBAP, WOAI, WDAY, and WNAX.
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Have you ever seen a late night show? Monologue jokes about the sitting president practically define the format. Every other president going back decades would just man up and take it.
Except Nixon.
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To those that are interpreting his comments in a certain way, the implication that Robinson is maga is highly offensive and textbook "misinformation". Edit: there's clearly several ways to interpret what he said. I'm not making any kind of argument here, just answering op's question.
Not so much offensive, as utterly puzzling given the information we had on him by Monday night. Not a fan of Trump or Jimmy, and I don’t think this is a proportional or good response. I’m pretty stunned that there was actually momentum enough to take him off the air. I also don’t understand why he left that little dig in his monologue.
I'm sure it's an accident and not intentional! A big corporation would never, ever do something like cause a delay so people cool off and don't bother actually canceling later.