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re: Disney's ABC is pulling Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely after Charlie Kirk comments (update)

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Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
16101 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:50 pm to
You know who would have been against weaponization of the FCC to silence speech through corporate pressure?
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
22539 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:50 pm to
All legacy broadcast stations have a severe, irreparable bias but there is just such a particular rot at ABC that they either need to start over or be shut down. Kimmel is just one of many.
This post was edited on 9/17/25 at 5:51 pm
Posted by Hampton
Member since Oct 2020
2438 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:51 pm to
Yes yes!!!!
Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
1301 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:51 pm to
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The state, through the FCC, pressuring a company to silence someone is antithetical to American ideals of liberty.


Meh. Disney would not hesitate to fire a conservative if the roles were reversed. At least they are being consistent.
Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
16101 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:52 pm to
Between this and the STTDB thread, I’m saddened to realize this site has been overrun by pearl-clutching moralists who have no problem with using big government to advance their agenda.
Posted by FredBear
Georgia
Member since Aug 2017
16726 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:52 pm to
quote:

The state, through the FCC, pressuring a company to silence someone is antithetical to American ideals of liberty.



The left killing Charlie Kirk for his speech ain't exactly loyal to American ideals of liberty either imo
Posted by moneyg
Member since Jun 2006
61594 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:53 pm to
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What did he say?


He blatantly lied about the killer saying he was right wing and MAGA.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
58486 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:53 pm to
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Don’t like the precedent and chilling effect this will create.


Fair point
Posted by Hampton
Member since Oct 2020
2438 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:53 pm to
You have all of our permission to leave
Posted by Lord of Bees
Member since Jul 2024
114 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:54 pm to
LINK

Kirk, who temporarily changed his social media profile picture to an image of Cartman, told Fox News in July, “I’m excited to watch it because, look, we as conservatives need to be able to take a joke, right?”

“We shouldn’t take ourselves so seriously,” he said at the time.

1st amendment and all with FCC chair threatening Disney/ABC.

LINK
Posted by tjtiger9
MS
Member since Aug 2005
3974 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:54 pm to
Can Stephen Colbert be next????
Posted by Harry Morgan
Member since Sep 2019
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Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
21884 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:54 pm to
Put the comments in the OP or title. He said the assassin was part of a MAGA gang

quote:

ABC Pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Indefinitely for Saying Charlie Kirk Assassin Was Part of ‘MAGA Gang’

The move comes after Nexstar Media Group said it would preempt the late night show’s broadcast indefinitely, calling Kimmel’s remarks “offensive and insensitive”


The wrap

This post was edited on 9/17/25 at 5:57 pm
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
32731 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:55 pm to
I hate Jimmy, but that’s not worth a suspension. Those are weak.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
119977 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:55 pm to
quote:

You know who would have been against weaponization of the FCC to silence speech through corporate pressure?


Jimmy doesn’t have any viewers anymore. He’s a propagandist who was funded by USAID money and he was going to get shitcanned by the end of his contract anyway because the funding had dried up.

And I’m not going to let worshippers of Moloch who have no principles but power use my morals against me. They are monsters and they can frick right off.
This post was edited on 9/17/25 at 6:07 pm
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
22539 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:55 pm to
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He blatantly lied about the killer saying he was right wing and MAGA.



And like 3 days after it was undeniably clear it was the opposite
Posted by s0tiger
Member since May 2008
988 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:55 pm to
Dude blatantly spreading misinformation on a broadcast network, GTFO. He isn't going to jail over it, just loses one of his platforms to lie from.
Posted by profdillweed
Gulf of America
Member since Apr 2025
2190 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:55 pm to
good frick him....never liked him or thought he was funny
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
119977 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 5:56 pm to
quote:

I hate Jimmy, but that’s not worth a suspension. Those are weak.


Regardless he should have been fired for saying the unvaxxed deserved to die. To quote Jimmy himself: “Rest in Peace, Wheezy.”
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