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Beyond that, you saw the administration go *beyond* Kimmel today in their statements - you saw Carr going after "The View" and Trump saying that stations that criticize him should be harassed or have their licenses pulled. If you start going after shows that normal people watch (I'd consider Kimmel one of those, but The View is another demographic), that is going to raise negative backlash as well. And impact ratings. It's not an endless well of leverage that the administration has here. And ABC is owned by Disney, who absolutely could go toe-to-toe with them if they really wanted to (particularly given that they own ESPN).

The bigger question is whether ABC caves....

It doesn't get said enough, but his personal vendettas make this country less safe.

Care to respond? Was your concern over cancel culture ever genuine, or did you stop caring once ya boy became POTUS?

Considering how many people in the conservative movement were fundraising off his death within the first 48 hours, is it really surprising? The whole enterprise is a grift.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jimmy-kimmel-out-abc-charlie-kirk-comments-1235430078/ Earlier on Wednesday, Trump’s Federal Communications Commission chairman, Brendan Carr, publicly called on licensed broadcasters to stop airing Kimmel’s show. “I think that it’s really sort of past time that a lot of these licensed broadcasters themselves push back on Comcast and Disney and say, ‘Listen, we are going to preempt, we are not going to run Kimmel anymore, until you straighten this out because we, we licensed broadcaster, are running the possibility of fines or license revocation from the FCC if we continue to run content that ends up being a pattern of news distortion,’” Carr said Wednesday, speaking with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr added. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.” Sounds like he was taken off air because the state wanted him to be pulled off air.

When fourth grade arguments like this about how all of us should give up our liberties as a tribute to Kirk's death are being made, what do you expect?

I am fairly familiar with how Bill Mahar lost his show on ABC.... the advertisers pulled out, the FCC was a complete non-factor. Disagreed with it at the time, just a different situation.

Melissa Hortman was shot and assassinated *this year* by a full on MAGA type and I cannot recall seeing a single bit of self reflection from any MAGA figures afterward. Not one. And certainly not from Archie or Tigeraholic. It's hard for me to work up much sympathy for someone stepping into the political arena such as Kirk's widow considering this asymmetry.

Or the transgendered persons that Tigeraholic constantly dehumanizes in his posts on this board

"Maybe she can get snuffed next." Please explain to me how this isn't a trolling statement. The statement speaks for itself

Well, and the money of course...

So much for the "he pissed off the bosses" spin lol

Given their track record getting convictions in DC/LA during their occupations, it's definitely a possibility.

Exactly - she shows contempt for Kimmel, but knows how it looks to the broader public.

You know the regime screwed up when they have Bari Weiss disagreeing with them lol

Cannot wait to see what the President hand selects for all of us to be entertained with

I don't think it gives them any cover.... hence why this has become a much larger deal than Colbert ever was.

With respect to the bolded, the reporting from Status and others seem to indicate that his "bosses" at ABC are as confused as we are as to what he did that was actually wrong. He hasn't even been technically fired yet either. Not even defending their cowardice, but it lays bare that this action is 100% happening because the administration wants it to happen. As you say, no more simple or complex than that.

The state is apparently now the arbiter of what is funny or not

Oh I know... Even though collective action would probably be better for business in the long run

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