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

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Post by _DeadFred_ »

justin66 wrote: post #707
sharken wrote: post #674

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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...

> you can't really blame ABC for acting as a corporation More accurate to say "I" as you'll find quite a large number of people blaming ABC for their actions in the coming days.

I give them through today before I cancel my Hulu/Disney+ to explain what 'indefinite' is. Fired or a week cooldown?

Also, you can cancel and then re-sub right away with one extra click (and keep any discounted rate). Let them see the numbers and a warning.

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Post by mrtesthah »

sigwinch wrote: post #708
mrtesthah wrote: post #294

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In that case, going by the FCC's complaint against Kimmel, I wonder if my pointing out that Trump furthermore skipped Kirk's vigil to go golfing, is similarly "too offensive to be protected by the first amendment"? https://people.com/donald-trump-misses-charlie-kirk-vigil-11...

It was the FCC opportunistically gaining a precedent that they’ll use on other observational hosts. If it wasn’t this, it would have been leaks on Epstein.

They realized Kirk as an opportunity because their base was emotionally activated about it and screaming for blood.

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Post by kiviuq »

tharmas wrote: post #719
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…

Its a Reichstag fire/Horst Wessel moment all rolled into one. Right out of the play book.

the 18th century nation-state model has always been open to fascism.

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Post by hn_throwaway_99 »

Anyhao wrote: post #583
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #557

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More than that, though, this assassination was particularly counterproductive because it basically played to the worst stereotypes about "the left" not willing to listen to anything they disagree with. I may disagree with the vast majority of Charlie Kirk's opinions, but he was at a university, inviting others who strongly disagreed with him to debate him, face-to-face. I may not be a particular fan of this style of…

We had all the info yesterday, kid was a terminally online groyper. If "the left" can do nothing and still be blamed for everything, what exactly is the way forward?

> kid was a terminally online groyper

The evidence for this appears non-existent: https://www.axios.com/2025/09/15/groyper-charlie-kirk-nick-f...

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Post by [deleted] »

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…

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Post by notmyjob »

notmyjob wrote: post #772
NedF wrote: post #723

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I don’t think you should get downvoted but I don’t agree either. He insinuated the shooter was maga, but in a way that was “perfect” in terms of deniability. I think that sort of rhetorical sleight of hand by our media elites is why we are where we are now with killing each other and societal Discord, so alas it’s better for society if Kimmel is off the airwaves. But the quote itself is rather tame. First, they came…

I think we should find out who wrote the joke, if that matters to those who are downvoting me.

Everyone is acting like Kimmel wrote the joke he is getting canceled for (ostensibly), but it’s quite likely the joke was written by one of his team. It is possible even that he was “set up” and there’s more to the story than being presented.

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Post by gengwyn »

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...

As Sam Harris so eloquently put it: "What's the point of having 'fuck you' money if you never actually say 'fuck you'?"

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Post by gsf_emergency_2 »

PaulHoule wrote: post #759
gsf_emergency_2 wrote: post #540

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"Cancel culture" gets piled on by conservatives sometimes because it's such an obvious own goal that used to be a prerogative of the right I might be off my rocker on this, but! > prove me wrong Is such a right-wing to say. Because it signals that a conservative believes that *self-improvement is possible*. (Their actions tend to suggest otherwise-- Thiel and Wolfram are my go-to not even mala (fide) examples. Lack o…

Yeah. Klein did a good interview with Ben Shapiro in his last pod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqG00FUOK8 who covers a lot of ground: Shapiro seems rather strong when it comes to articulating that idea of personal responsibility but his satanization of the economic left (e.g. Bernie Sanders) seems forced and unreasonable and Klein sorta "owns" him when it comes to pointing out that many of Trump and Vance's polic…

Got to the part where Ezra says he will have his kids read Shapiros neo-Randian fairytale lol.

Yep this is the disingenuity. If i were Ezra I'd have rehearsed with a unrepentant Randian 10x to come up with something more aggressive.

Dems will get that he's weaseling, but Republicans will have it go over their heads.. Mamdani-style listening would be marginally better; to throw Shapiros phrase back at him, it's the "praise" that he pretends not to notice that should be the most concerning

Self-help for Shapiros would not be writing Randian "bronze-age" fairytales (self-help as practiced by "narcissist by nurture" trivially succumbs to Kohutese infernos), but to get as far away from Rand and the Iron Age as sanely possible. (but that'd require some hormonal injections or dissociative research substances ?)

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Post by seanw444 »

krisboyz781 wrote: post #288
seanw444 wrote: post #275

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Ahhh yes, whose entire family is maga and lives in the most conservative state in America

What if I told you I live in the same state, and I know several people of the same age who completely ideologically oppose their MAGA family?
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