ABC Station Owners and Advertisers Have Not Clamored to Fire Jimmy Kimmel This Time

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jimmy-kimmel-not-fired-or-suspended-advertisers-affiliates-1236579312/

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flynnguy@programming.dev · 46 pts · 117d (6 replies)

Because it's dumb, he didn't make an assassination joke, he made a joke about Trump being old and Melania being much younger, waiting for him to die because he's old and not in great health.

Drusas@fedia.io · 16 pts · 117d (2 replies)

It also caused them a big headache and cost them money the first time around.

Edit: Also, he didn't make an assassination joke last time, either.

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website · 11 pts · 117d

Yeah, "because it's dumb" doesn't hold much weight when it was dumb the first time.

GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 116d

Eli5? How does saying she looks like an expectant widow equal an assassination joke?

ManixT@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 117d

He made the joke a couple days before the shooting too.

Typical bitch ass hypocritical republican bullshit. Anything they can try to steal more power or control is always their top choice; morals be damned.

Janx@piefed.social · 5 pts · 117d

And, y'know: because he's a pedophile, a rapist, a thin-skinned overgrown gassy toddler, and just a deeply unpleasant person to be around... Of course Melania can't wait until he's gone!

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 116d

But...what's the joke?

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 117d (1 reply)

I love how one of The Man Show guys is our bellwether of free speech.

Fucking looking glass ain’t in it

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 116d

He's a shit comedian, but he also snuggled up to MAGA types like Adam Carolla for years. Look at old YouTube vids, Kid Rock was frequently a guest.

Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 117d

Good. I can't stand Jimmy Kimmel, but he should be allowed to tell his lame jokes with zero interference from anyone in government. Trump is just a punk ass pussy bitch bully with skin the thickness of paper. Get fucked you fascist pedo cocksucker.

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 116d

Hence why Brendan "Freeze Speech" Carr is going after the license via early renewal this time.

If Democrats had the petty spines, they'd pass a law to expand the FCC to cable and streaming and then go after them like Hegseth when quoted the "bible".

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 117d (1 reply)

Isn't he gone in a few weeks, anyway? I thought he was retiring in May.

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website · 10 pts · 117d

That's Colbert, over at CBS. "Retiring" isn't exactly the right word, though...