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ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live

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NoMoreLurking said:
What is your point? Impressing us that you know all of these sets of call letters? Or are you just taking us through your convoluted thought process to arrive at.........again, exactly what is your point?
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True for all the things we know now. Also as mentioned here I didn't think Kimmel and Disney should have been hit with an FCC threat and now removal of the show. But then again the FCC under its current state is the way it is and we will question the decision but it won't change the results.
 
michael hagerty said:
Here's the key quote from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's appearance on the Benny Johnson podcast:



Not under any known cause for fines or license revocation, they're not.


This is the FCC Chair straight-up saying that if a broadcaster says something the government---strike that---the man in the White House and his party---don't like, fines and license revocation are on the table.
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What makes it worse and deeply insidious is the very likelihood that Nexstar and Sinclair cancelled Kimmel not because of cowering to Carr, but because they are colluding with Carr. Both groups have ulterior motives to work in lockstep with him.

It's also a warning to the very few small chains of stations left like Rockfleet, Manship and Capitol, who don't have the clout Nexstar and Sinclair do. Already Block Communications fled for the exits, who's next?
 
TheBigA said:
Rolling Stone reports that ABC didn't think what Kimmel said was wrong, but wasn't worth the heat.
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That’s the playbook. We’ve seen it being done to colleges, to law firms, to health care provers, to the media, and on and on. When you command the full resources of the US government, all three branches, you have effectively unlimited ability to extort any entity you choose.

Many of us said long ago this was precisely what would happen. “Oh no, there are guardrails, and laws, and regulations.” We were right.
 
Nathan Obral said:
What makes it worse and deeply insidious is the very likelihood that Nexstar and Sinclair cancelled Kimmel not because of cowering to Carr, but because they are colluding with Carr. Both groups have ulterior motives to work in lockstep with him.
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Bingo. This doesn’t happen in a vacuum.

The apologists told us the timing of the Colbert affair vis a vis the merger was just coincidental. It’s just routine. Gee, it happened again. More blatantly because that’s how these things go. How many signs do we need to make it clear what’s happening?
 
Meantime, the push to have trans considered an ideology and a threat gains momentum.

Essential pull-quote:

“We have to treat these people. We have to get them off the streets and we have to get them off the internet. We can’t let them communicate with each other. I’m all about free speech, but this is a virus, this is a cancer that’s spreading across this country that’s going to do great damage to normal, hard working, law abiding people.”
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Texas Congressman Says Trans People Need To Be Taken ‘Off The Streets’ After Charlie Kirk Shooting

The killing of right wing activist and influencer Charlie Kirk has prompted...
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PS: Congressman Jackson was the White House Physician from 2013 to 2018, under both Obama and Trump.
 
And a very smart piece in The Bulwark this morning.

Essential pull-quote:

I have noticed over the last 72 hours or so a sudden demand that all statements and observations concerning the Kirk murder be factually, incontrovertibly, true.

It is important to note that this standard seems to have been put in place shortly after MAGA media ran around circulating unconfirmed rumors and speculating wildly about the shooter’s identity before Robinson was arrested.

Anyone who makes a statement that turns out to be less than fully accurate, or who makes a joke, or who—God forbid—is just asking questions is now liable to have not just a Twitter mob, or their private employer, but the full force of the federal government brought against them.

Do people understand now what the authoritarian project is aiming for?
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www.thebulwark.com

First, They Came for Jimmy Kimmel

What happens when comedians are held to stricter standards than vice presidents?
www.thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
Bingo. This doesn’t happen in a vacuum.

The apologists told us the timing of the Colbert affair vis a vis the merger was just coincidental. It’s just routine. Gee, it happened again. More blatantly because that’s how these things go. How many signs do we need to make it clear what’s happening?
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The entire corporate histories of Nexstar and Sinclair lead us to this point. It's not like some finger snapped on January 20. Nexstar's sole purpose for existing is buying up stations and Sinclair has worn their far-right beliefs for everyone to see.

The coming shutdowns of television news departments by Nexstar after they get Tegna—especially stations like KSDK, WCNC, KUSA, KFMB and WKYC—is a giant red flag no one is noticing right now. And Nexstar just got the deal approved yesterday.
 
Nathan Obral said:
The entire corporate histories of Nexstar and Sinclair lead us to this point. It's not like some finger snapped on January 20.

The coming shutdowns of television news departments by Nexstar after they get Tegna—especially stations like KSDK, WCNC, KUSA, KFMB and WKYC—is a giant red flag no one is noticing right now. And Nexstar just got the deal approved yesterday.
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Certainly their histories. Also the parallel track in government that has enabled it. The “snap” of 1/20 was merely the switch being flipped.
 
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