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1:11p, 9/18/25
Siap, Ny Post has more background on the situation: https://nypost.com/2025/09/18/media/heres-the-real-reason-abc-suspended-jimmy-kimmel-live/

Nextar was quick to pull the show from it's local affiliates to try to curry favor with Carr as it needs FCC approval for its merger with Tegna. That would combine the two largest owners of local media outlets in the country with as many as 3-4 stations under one ownership in a viewing area. That's some serious sausage being made.
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In reply to Number Monkey • 1:11p, 9/18/25
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Number Monkey said:
Just read an opinion piece on Fox that said Kimmel was gaslit by the MSM as they were bending over backwards to blame the shooting on anyone but their own. Anyone think Kimmel stated what he did because he believed his liberal brethren were reporting the truth vs. wanting to take part in their duplicity as well?

Kimmel has never struck me as a critical thinker. He's a stage actor playing a part. He became whatever ABC wanted him to be when he got his show. He probably genuinely believed the reporting, and didn't care if he was wrong because he always had his network to back him up.
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In reply to DTP02 • 1:15p, 9/18/25
The FCC did nothing to Kimmel. The stations cancelled him because he's an insufferable liar promoting political violence.
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In reply to javajaws • 1:16p, 9/18/25
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DTP02 said:
I don't think the relevant question is whether the FCC can investigate or threaten to take action (which is as far as it got here) or even actually take action. The text of the statute seems clear that the FCC can do those things.

I also don't think the relevant question is whether the FCC chair's comments were a primary factor in Kimmel getting fired. I think it's likely he was going to lose his job just based on market forces, but we will never know that for sure since the FCC chair unfortunately muddied the waters.

The real question is whether the FCC should do any of these things, both in this instance and in general.

I don't want the FCC weighing in on a situation like this. I could see some situations where I'd feel it's appropriate, but this one doesn't quite get over the line to me.

In general I prefer to let the marketplace of ideas sort these things out and let the govt intervention be rarely used when it comes to political speech and the vague "public interest" justification. That standard is much too easily abused.

While I tend to agree with you we also have to deal with "tainted waters" so to speak. The FCC granted them broadcast rights (I believe its a lease, right?) with restrictions and are therefore beholden not only to their shareholders but also to the people of the US....which is left (for the most part) to the FCC to enforce.

If you selectively attack the party in power, you can expect a little heat in the process if it is breaking any rules....best to dot your i's and cross your t's before going so which they apparently didn't do.

The only way to truly get the FCC out of the picture is to get the government out of the broadcasting business which I would be all in favor of as well.


Broadcasting needs regulatory oversight because there's limited bandwidth. Without regulation, the space would be unusable as anyone could set up an antenna and broadcast all over each other.
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In reply to Number Monkey • 1:16p, 9/18/25
No. I think he was rushing to blame the right.

Kind of like people are now blaming the FCC and Trump for Kimmel destroying his sad career.
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In reply to Ellis Wyatt • 1:19p, 9/18/25
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Ellis Wyatt said:
The FCC did nothing to Kimmel. The stations cancelled him because he's an insufferable liar promoting political violence.


Re-read my post. The FCC chair made a public statement that amounted to a threat. Whether it was intended to influence actions on the part of the relevant private entities or not, it certainly could have influenced actions which is the crux of the issue.
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In reply to javajaws • 1:19p, 9/18/25
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javajaws said:
johnnyblaze36 said:
I'm only on page 10 and I already nominate this the thead of the year. Never seen so many receipts in my life.

Imagine your lot in life is that Jimmy Kimmel getting ****canned for being an ******* is the straw that broke your back.

If you want to really be amazed (and entertained) go read the thread on the entertainment board!

I can't wait but first I have to go buy a new computer after smashing my keyboard so many times handing out blue stars on this one now that I'm all caught up.

I don't even have to imagine who exactly is melting down over there.

Well done, F16. I think we all needed this laughter and level of entertainment after such a ****ty past week.
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1:25p, 9/18/25
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It's funny they're trying to make this into a freedom of speech thing when it's about him being a lying piece of ***** And he broke the FCC rules.

But of course, the left is trying to make it about Trump and "jokes"

He's always been a piece of garbage. He should've been fired for this years ago.

Edited: damn, I gotta read my posts before I hit save.

Rebellion I think for all those years of having to edit stuff.

I avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.
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In reply to annie88 • 1:29p, 9/18/25
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annie88 said:
It's funny they're trying to make this into a freedom of speech thing when it's about him being a lying piece of ***** And he broke the FAA rules.

But of course, the left is trying to make it about Trump and "jokes"

He's always been a piece of garbage. He should've been fired for this years ago.



He's breaking FAA rules now?! EPA, you're next
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1:31p, 9/18/25
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If free speech, a right given to every American via the 1st Amendment, guarantees me the right to host a show on ABC, then where is my show? I'm an American too!
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1:32p, 9/18/25
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As an aside, who on this thread has actually watched a Jimmy Kimmel show live especially, in the past 4 or so years? Was it entertaining?
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1:33p, 9/18/25
if his ratings were better they would have died on that hill for him. He didn't have the juice for them to stand up for
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1:35p, 9/18/25
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Disney gets boycotted by conservatives over the fight with DeSantis. Now they have managed to piss off the lefties.
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1:36p, 9/18/25
Kimmel's core audience/viewership must be VERY SMALL....
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In reply to pilgrimshadow • 1:36p, 9/18/25
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pilgrimshadow said:
Siap, Ny Post has more background on the situation: https://nypost.com/2025/09/18/media/heres-the-real-reason-abc-suspended-jimmy-kimmel-live/

Nextar was quick to pull the show from it's local affiliates to try to curry favor with Carr as it needs FCC approval for its merger with Tegna. That would combine the two largest owners of local media outlets in the country with as many as 3-4 stations under one ownership in a viewing area. That's some serious sausage being made.


Good share. Glad the current admin is using its leverage to shake the current system because it's horribly polluted. That said, this is unfortunately another open and shut, follow the money case, as are most deals like this. I'll still take the win of getting that crap off the air, but it's sad that these companies are still making a monetary decision versus a moral one.
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In reply to EliteElectric • 1:37p, 9/18/25
EliteElectric said:
if his ratings were better they would have died on that hill for him. He didn't have the juice for them to stand up for


Yup.
That is all that it really is. His ratings sucked so they were looking for a reason to fire him.
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In reply to aggiehawg • 1:37p, 9/18/25
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Disney gets boycotted by conservatives over the fight with DeSantis. Now they have managed to piss off the lefties.


Another Muslim fellow who is leftist when in the West, but rightist in an Islamic country.
Very convenient.
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In reply to aggiehawg • 1:41p, 9/18/25
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Disney gets boycotted by conservatives over the fight with DeSantis. Now they have managed to piss off the lefties.


Offer accepted
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In reply to Ellis Wyatt • 1:48p, 9/18/25
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They read the room. Trump was re-elected despite 8+ years of nightly one-sided attacks on every single one of those shows. They were undoubtedly dealing with low ratings because they completely alienated half of America, but the networks tolerated it as long as it worked.

America has spoken, and the lies have now gotten someone assassinated in front of thousands. To reasonable people, that is going too far. To Jimmy Kimmel, it's just time to spread more lies and hatred.


The networks tolerated it because the USAID money made up for the difference. These shows are extremely expensive to put together and you're not getting any kind of return when you average less than 2 million viewers a show.
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In reply to aggiehawg • 1:51p, 9/18/25
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aggiehawg said:


Disney gets boycotted by conservatives over the fight with DeSantis. Now they have managed to piss off the lefties.

Disney and Tesla...hated by all!
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In reply to 4stringAg • 1:53p, 9/18/25
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Good. Guys like him and Colbert have lied for years and been mouthpieces for the left under the guise of comedy. **** him.

Agreed. He was an unfunny comedian who was propagandizing for the Left. The real discussion should be centered around whether we should allow such blatant propaganda on the airwaves. IMO, the answer is no.
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In reply to Gigem314 • 1:57p, 9/18/25
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Gigem314 said:
Number Monkey said:
Just read an opinion piece on Fox that said Kimmel was gaslit by the MSM as they were bending over backwards to blame the shooting on anyone but their own. Anyone think Kimmel stated what he did because he believed his liberal brethren were reporting the truth vs. wanting to take part in their duplicity as well?

Kimmel has never struck me as a critical thinker. He's a stage actor playing a part. He became whatever ABC wanted him to be when he got his show. He probably genuinely believed the reporting, and didn't care if he was wrong because he always had his network to back him up.

If you think Kimmel writes all of his own material...
That monolog was written by committee with Kimmel's input.
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In reply to aggiehawg • 2:05p, 9/18/25
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Disney gets boycotted by conservatives over the fight with DeSantis. Now they have managed to piss off the lefties.

WajahatAli isn't very intelligent. First, the world doesn't need yet another Marvel movie, so that would be a net positive. Sitcoms, couldn't care less. But, he's underplaying how much the actors and actresses love money just as much as the corporations who employ them. Honestly, if the media entertainment enterprise took a one year hiatus, the world would be a far better place.
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2:11p, 9/18/25
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The reality is TV and Hollywood have alienated half the population. There are only so many zealots around who have the energy to froth at the mouth over these productions over and over.

Kimmel crossed his customer's line for tolerance. The government has nothing to do with this nor is it "cancel culture."
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2:11p, 9/18/25
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It will be interesting to see the impact on Dancing With the Stars. That is a live ABC show so not much time to deal with this. Alec Baldwin's wife is on that show so if anyone would boycott, it would be them. The reality is that we are in a civil war. Whether culturally, spiritually, financially- we are there.
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In reply to J. Walter Weatherman • 2:14p, 9/18/25
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J. Walter Weatherman said:
FireAg said:
J. Walter Weatherman said:


Quote:
"This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do this the easy way or the hard way," Carr told right-wing commentator Benny Johnson that day. "These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead."

"They have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest," Carr said.


Whether unofficial or not, the government does not have the same leverage over twitter.

Are you sure about that? Are you sure that the government doesn't have the ability to block a particular social media platform if said platform chooses not to play ball?

Could the government say...block Tik-Tok from being accessible via data networks in the United States?

The government has more leverage over social media platforms than I think you realize...


Tik tok being owned by a foreign adversary certainly gives them a clearer set of tools and public backing to do so.

What are your thoughts on why they didn't go after Twitter again after Elon took over and (thankfully) basically removed all of the censorship that was in place before and let the banned accounts rejoin?

Honestly, I don't think they realized that Musk was going to work against them until it was too late…

By the time they realized he was going all-in for Trump, they had their own issues on their hands with trying to move goalposts for an absent president…

If memory serves, wasn't Congress also starting to investigate and determine that FB and Twitter had been taking orders from the Biden folks censor anti-Covid jab proponents and trying to bury the Hunter laptop story?
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In reply to DTP02 • 2:15p, 9/18/25
DTP02 said:
Ellis Wyatt said:
And they didn't.


Who is they and what didn't they do?

If you mean the FCC didn't weigh in, the FCC chair made public comments that amounted to a threat. That happened.

Did it impact the firing and should he have said what he did are really the only topics up for debate.

Something tells me you weren't so concerned when Fauci and the Covidiots demanded we all get some vaccine, or we weren't patriots...and that we needed to lose our jobs and have our kids taken from us.

And that is FAR worse than some FCC guy calling out Jimmy Kimmel for his lies and helping Disney make some money by firing his sorry ass and his idiotic staff.
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2:16p, 9/18/25
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Finally
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2:20p, 9/18/25
It's crazy how many liberals, and even some conservatives, are framing this as a freedomn of speech issue. Since when do you have a right to just say anything and everything you want, without fear of employment repercussions? I would get fired from my job for way less. This is a man who openly fantasized about the unvaccinated being denied medical treatment by hospitals and dying painful horrific deaths. How the F was he not fired then?

Is there something I am missing? How is this a freedom of spech thing? It doesn't even seem like this is getting "cancelled". This is just being fired for being a disgusting hateful liar.
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2:22p, 9/18/25
Those crying, clutch your pearls harder.
Can't decide if I want to be cute & cuddly, or go blow some sh*t up.
Decisions decisions.
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In reply to El Gallo Blanco • 2:25p, 9/18/25
El Gallo Blanco said:
It's crazy how many liberals, and even some conservatives, are framing this as a freedomn of speech issue. Since when do you have a right to just say anything and everything you want, without fear of employment repercussions? I would get fired from my job for way less. This is a man who openly fantasized about the unvaccinated being denied medical treatment by hospitals and dying painful horrific deaths. How the F was he not fired then?

Is there something I am missing? How is this a freedom of spech thing? It doesn't even seem like this is getting "cancelled". This is just being fired for being a disgusting hateful liar.

Exactly, he just bold faced lied on national television. It's verifiable. Not liking Charlie Kirk and expressing that is one thing, straight lying is another.
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In reply to ShaggySLC • 2:29p, 9/18/25
ShaggySLC said:
El Gallo Blanco said:
It's crazy how many liberals, and even some conservatives, are framing this as a freedomn of speech issue. Since when do you have a right to just say anything and everything you want, without fear of employment repercussions? I would get fired from my job for way less. This is a man who openly fantasized about the unvaccinated being denied medical treatment by hospitals and dying painful horrific deaths. How the F was he not fired then?

Is there something I am missing? How is this a freedom of spech thing? It doesn't even seem like this is getting "cancelled". This is just being fired for being a disgusting hateful liar.

Exactly, he just bold faced lied on national television. It's verifiable. Not liking Charlie Kirk and expressing that is one thing, straight lying is another.

And his ratings sucked for a long time. Disney needed an off ramp and used a headline to take it, unlike Paramount with Colbert. If he had great ratings, he'd still be on every night.
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