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After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC's The View

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Re: After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC's The View

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Post by ajross »

zahlman wrote: post #243
ajross wrote: post #240

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The sentence does carry the implication that Kimmel is calling the shooter "MAGA" True. > because otherwise there would be no reason, in Kimmel's position, to say any of it. Untrue. In context, what he's saying (this is clear in the sentences before and after) is that MAGA is playing politics by arguing about attribution. Remember in the early hours it did look like the shooter might have been a groyper, and even F…

> is that MAGA is playing politics by arguing about attribution. Arguing about attribution would only be wrong, or worth pointing out, if they had a "MAGA" dead to rights about it. The context is a show that frequently bashes "MAGA", Trump and that entire political alignment, and only gets significant viewership when doing so. > in the early hours it did look like the shooter might have been a groyper This was a stra…

> No, it doesn't. It's an ordinary reading of a common idiom

But not the only reading. Which you seem to agree with because you dodged that point. So if there are two interpretations, one offensive and one not, surely you agree that the reasonable reaction is just to discuss things like adults, right?

And not for the FCC commissioner to go out in public and threaten an unconstitional censorship of political speech, right?

Because you agree that Kimmel could have been innocent of the terrible crimes he was accused of.

Look, I'm not telling you that you aren't angry. I'm telling you that you're letting your anger lead you into some very scary places. Because those same tools can destroy Hannity too.

Re: After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC's The View

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Post by delichon »

thrownawayohman wrote: post #130
erulabs wrote: post #109

A lot of things can be true at the same time: - The FCC shouldn't be involved in content moderation, and the FCC Chair is obviously on an authoritarian power trip. - What Kimmel said was wrong (assuming you believe Utah state investigators) and deeply irresponsible and inflammatory. - Clearly the market was already deciding that Kimmel's show is irrelevant (Nielsen ratings quite clear on that). - The FCC is only invo…

Man you are delusional. How many pols and their elk where clamoring for civil war because a YouTuber got shot that they _assumed_ was a leftist? How many of those same people said anything when a democratic state senator and their spouse was murdered, and another pair seriously wounded? This is the type of nonsense that really bothers me with this site. It’s an attempt to “both sides” everything in a pathetic attempt…

https://tinyurl.com/mtwkby87

What have you got against their elk?

Re: After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC's The View

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Post by UmGuys »

ajross wrote: post #238
UmGuys wrote: post #230

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What do the people claiming to be offended find offensive about it? I thought the issue was the orange one didn't like him and wanted him cancelled.

Well, that is the "real" issue, sure. But the pretense was that Kimmel accused republicans of inspiring the killer.

How so? I thought I watched the monologue and didn't hear anything like that. Not even an implication.

Re: After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC's The View

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Post by gjsman-1000 »

bigyabai wrote: post #248
gjsman-1000 wrote: post #83

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Their comment was not Christophobic. Please don't abuse religious sentiments and sensibilities to shut down discussions you disagree with.

If you wouldn’t do it with any other widely believed religious figure, it passes the definition, so I can and will call it out.

Re: After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC's The View

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Post by _DeadFred_ »

Sparkle-san wrote: post #19

ABC is owned by Disney, which owns many subsidiaries. The one thing they and their shareholders care about is cold, hard cash. If you don't agree with what they're doing, then consider speaking the loudest way you can, with your wallet. Disney owns: - Hulu - Disney+ - ESPN+ - National Geographic - Pixar - Marvel - A whole lot more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_the_Wa...

The company Nexstar the helped put the pressure on so they could get their special exemption (exemption to rules in place so that companies like Nexstar don't get too much power) own the online politics site 'The Hill'.

https://www.nexstar.tv/networks/

Re: After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC's The View

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Post by bigyabai »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #254
bigyabai wrote: post #248

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Their comment was not Christophobic. Please don't abuse religious sentiments and sensibilities to shut down discussions you disagree with.

If you wouldn’t do it with any other widely believed religious figure, it passes the definition, so I can and will call it out.

Well, avert your eyes if words cause you distress:

  "Ron L Hubbard fucking wept"

  "King David fucking wept"

  "Mary Magdelene fucking wept"

  "Muhammad fucking wept"

  "Buddha fucking wept"
Something tells me that the Scientologists are the only ones who won't forgive me.

Re: After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC's The View

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Post by taurath »

eatithypocites wrote: post #232
taurath wrote: post #120

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> I always thought the US to be a stronghold of democracy and free speech. Every single story and moral guidance I've ever been told from childhood, whether from movies, books, church, or culture in general is that people like those in power right now are the bad guys. I no longer have any idea what people on the other side actually think. I don't think they know anymore either. I think they just want to exert power…

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What happened since 2019?

Re: After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC's The View

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Post by aeon_ai »

b0sk wrote: post #75
aeon_ai wrote: post #26

We need a third party, because this is just the pendulum swinging away from one cancel culture to another.

Don't be naive. There was no jawboning from the previous administration to networks to cancel someone -- especially someone who always made fun of the President. However, this is a a classic example of violation of 1A. (I agree that the thing that was probably in the grey area was they asked Twitter to remove certain COVID-19 medical disinformation tweets -- But, come on, many people were consuming horse dewormers fo…

Ignoring or at least dismissing the similar acts on the left highlights the reason that a third party is necessary.

It’s clear Trump is attempting to capture the institution, and I’m not equivocating, but this has been an escalating ping pong back and forth over the last two decades.

I’d rather live in a unified country. Unity comes from breaking out of the polarization

Re: After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC's The View

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Post by _DeadFred_ »

_DeadFred_ wrote: post #255
Sparkle-san wrote: post #19

ABC is owned by Disney, which owns many subsidiaries. The one thing they and their shareholders care about is cold, hard cash. If you don't agree with what they're doing, then consider speaking the loudest way you can, with your wallet. Disney owns: - Hulu - Disney+ - ESPN+ - National Geographic - Pixar - Marvel - A whole lot more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_the_Wa...

The company Nexstar the helped put the pressure on so they could get their special exemption (exemption to rules in place so that companies like Nexstar don't get too much power) own the online politics site 'The Hill'. https://www.nexstar.tv/networks/

And to add, if you want to give comment to the FCC on the merger waiver at the center of this the period is over but the FCC people's in charges numbers are up for direct comment:

https://www.fcc.gov/transaction/nexstar-tribune

Re: After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC's The View

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Post by clipsy »

zzzeek wrote: post #178
clipsy wrote: post #29

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It’d be hectomillionaire, unless you’re referring to people with $10k.

Centimillionaire was chosen for a reason.

This post could have actually been informative if you'd bothered to elaborate on what that reason is, precisely.
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