Jimmy Kimmel Pulled “Indefinitely” By ABC After Over Charlie Kirk Comments
https://deadline.com/2025/09/jimmy-kimmel-live-off-abc-charlie-kirk-comments-1236547397/
https://deadline.com/2025/09/jimmy-kimmel-live-off-abc-charlie-kirk-comments-1236547397/
44 Comments
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 74 pts · 343d
All the mainstream media organizations have effectively capitulated to fascism, at this point. They can and should be fighting this from a 1st amendment standpoint. The only reason they aren't, is because this is what they stand for.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 343d
The first amendment doesn't protect them from their advertisers. Unilever and coke don't want their names attached to anything that pisses off 1/3rd of the country. Its the same reason YouTube is so sanitized now.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 343d
This was apparently the FCC chair, threatening them with retribution. That is illegal.
primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus · 22 pts · 343d
Can we please stop pretending anyone who matters gives a single shit about the law?
unphazed@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 343d
It's become a glaring example of "Rules for thee, not for me."
primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus · 3 pts · 343d
Always was, just more thee now.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 343d
Did abc say that? If so, you're right, and this ought to be interesting
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 343d
ABC didn't have to. The FCC chair said it publicly, on a right-wing podcast. Then, suddenly...ABC cancels him.
dhork@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 343d
Seems like the real issue is the conglomerate that owns the affiliates
And, of course, Nexstar has an acquisition currently pending which needs FCC approval
https://apnews.com/article/nexstar-tegna-newsnation-cw-trump-c1743d55103a809ea31c5c7c7c4c0c87
I wonder how much $TRUMP the CEO of Nextstar owns....
DancingBear@midwest.social · 7 pts · 343d
primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus · 5 pts · 343d
Then be pissier and louder.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 343d
I love a good boycott but I already don't watch anything from abc and they probably know that
primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus · 2 pts · 343d
Check their advertisers.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 343d
Hmmm, but which third is it that they don't want to piss off? Because they only seem to care about the alt-reich third of the country.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 343d
This is the same network that fired Roseanne for a racist tweet a few years ago. The message doesn't matter, the timing and the number of outraged people does. Its not ideology it's pure business.
comfy@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 343d
I highly recommend reading (even just skimming) Manufacturing Consent for an overview about how mass media systematically self-censors. @the_crotch@sh.itjust.works already mentioned advertising, one of those five major filters.
It's important to understand that this effect doesn't require any conspiracy.
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 31 pts · 343d
Colbert was the canary in the gold mine and canary #2 just dropped
Grapho@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 343d
First they came for the shitlibs
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 343d
fortunately, there are so many of them that there's a chance they won't be able to move on the next group. lol
onlooker@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 343d
And canaries #3 and #4 seem to already be lined up. From CNN's article:
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 342d
and americans will still continue to insist that other country's are the authoritarian; not us.
ValarieLenin@midwest.social · 2 pts · 342d
Jimmy and Seth are both so so so much worse hosts than Colbert and Kimmel. As a millennial its been insane to watch Kimmel's career path and person growth from when I was first introduced to him in the Man Show.
Grapho@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 342d
Jimmy Fallon won't even get spared after all the legwork he did for the Trump campaign bruh 😂
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 343d
The what?
spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 343d
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/102939/what-is-a-canary-in-a-coal-mine
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 343d
canary in the coal mine
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 343d
Snowflakes.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 343d
As an outsider, it's utterly astonishing how fucked up your country has become in only 9 short months.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 342d
it was fucked up long before that. Everyobody is scared and shooting each other, everybody is broke buying pointless shit.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 343d
Well it was pretty fucked up before, too
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 342d
It's always been like this, but it had a mask before trump that made everything happen slow enough to make people doubt that it was happening, so that it all can eventually seem acceptable; trump doesn't care about the mask and has accelerated it to a noticeable speed before everyone is ready to accept it.
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 343d
But wait, there's more!
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 343d
Liberals laid the groundwork for years to prepare for Fascism with the police state and illegal wars. All Trump had to do was pull the lever.
folaht@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 343d
If you're astonished, then you haven't read any history of the US.
It's so much steeped in blood and so wildly capitalist
that it's more astonishing that it was able to not collapse
and keep a good image during the 20th century.
It's saving grace is having the largest deposits of coal by far,
but with solar power on the rise that's not cutting it anymore.
Catalyst_A@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 343d
Just wait until we hit back.
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 342d
Imperial decline. Its quite something to witness.
pdxfed@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 343d
title should call out Disney-ABC, not just ABC. It's important to connect the dots how few outlets there are and how they are aligned. Christofacist will not be any stretch for Disney, and they have a king background in war propaganda films.
TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 343d
Fuck every one of these network stations. Why do they even still exist?
Catalyst_A@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 343d
This will be there end. They'd rather have fascism than stay in business. Same as the Democrats would rather support Israel raping people instead of stopping fascism. But not us. Fuck them and fuck this.
TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 342d
I hope but look at all the corporations that just got bigger after Hitler
Catalyst_A@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 342d
That was 1930s Germany. We, the radicals in the civilian population aren't the fucking people from Germany. We've studied this and know the counters. These corporations won't grow. New ones, new factions will grow.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 342d
So who's the next late night host? Kid Rock? Rob Schneider?
kemsat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 342d
It’s not even about Kirk. It’s about calling out Trump for being full of shit. Trump got asked about grieving Kirk, said he was fine then began talking about trucks starting construction.
Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 343d
I didn't think the USA would be stiffling free speech consideri this is the fredom they try to export all over the world.
DancingBear@midwest.social · 3 pts · 343d
RedRibbonArmy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 343d
It's political correctness. We're fucked.